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What is #animalcognition ? 🧵 One common misconception is that #cognition is the same as intelligence, but they are NOT equivalent! Intelligence is an arbitrary term, as it is not possible to evaluate one species as 'smarter' than another. (1/4) 
Cognition refers to the pathways and mechanisms of an organism taking in environmental information (sights, smells, sounds) and responding ✅ #DYK there are a variety of cognitive processes. (2/4)
A few sub-disciplines of cognition include: 1️⃣ #distributedcognition (study of information "flow" among individuals, such as an animal monitoring and responding to the attentional states of others in their social group), … (3/4)
(1/6) Are ambush predators limited in their cognitive abilities? Pit-building #antlions provide a great model to study #learning and other issues. #AnimBehav2023 #animalcognition rdcu.be/c3GdT
(2/6) Operant learning is a reversible process in which “reinforcers”, either rewards or punishments, shape behaviour. In our newest work on learning in antlions, we aimed to investigate operant learning in these insects. #AnimBehav2023 rdcu.be/c3Gh2
(3/6) We trained antlions in a T-maze by rewarding them with a suitable microhabitat for pit establishment when they turned to one side and punishing them with an unsuitable one when they turned to the other. #AnimBehav2023
