Social Learning: Parents May Not Always Know Best

Simon C Griffith; Culum Brown

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.07.022

Social Learning: Parents May Not Always Know Best

Curr Biol. 2015 Sep 21;25(18):R802-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.07.022.

Authors

Simon C Griffith¹, Culum Brown²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.

PMID: 26394103
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.07.022

Abstract

The efficiency with which animals learn new skills depends on their ability to choose good tutors. A new study shows that early-life stress causes young zebra finches to switch tutor preference from parents to unrelated adults.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Feeding Behavior*
Finches / physiology*
Social Learning*
Stress, Physiological*