... Summary: Cavity-nesting eastern bluebirds and house wrens were more likely to reject eggs painted colors unlike their own, demonstrating that these species share similar self-referential color discrimination decision-rules for egg rejection. Brood parasitism Color perception Decision-making Egg...

...Caroline P. Reinel; Stefan Schuster ABSTRACT The analysis of saccadic decision-making tasks with two or four alternatives has shown what appears to be a general hallmark of decision-making: adding more alternatives decreases speed and accuracy. In their everyday lives, however, animals often select...

... a century later: a neurobiological model for decision-making?   Neuron   47 , 13 - 28 . Krupczynski   P. , Schuster   S. ( 2013 ). Precision of archerfish C-starts is fully temperature compensated . J. Exp. Biol.   216 , 3450 - 3460 . Lauder   G. V. , Tytell   E. D. ( 2004...

... classical conditioning decision-making insect memory olfaction Feeding, though necessary for obtaining energy and nutrients, often entails a risk of ingesting toxins. Learning to avoid certain foods is thus essential to reduce exposure to toxins; its importance is reflected in the diversity...

... conditioning classical conditioning decision-making learning memory olfaction Insects can learn associations between events in their environment and use these associations to modify their behaviour including feeding, predator avoidance, aggression, and social and sexual interactions ( Dukas, 2008...