Difficulties when using video playback to investigate social cognition in California scrub-jays (Aphelocoma californica)

Previous research has suggested that videos can be used to experimentally manipulate social stimuli. In the present study, we used the California scrub-jays’ cache protection strategies to assess whether video playback can be used to simulate conspecifics in a social context. In both the lab and the...

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Published in:	PeerJ
Main Authors:	Katharina F. Brecht, Ljerka Ostojić, Edward W. Legg, Nicola S. Clayton
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	PeerJ Inc. 2018-03-01
Subjects:	Corvids Scrub-jays Video playback Social cognition
Online Access:	https://peerj.com/articles/4451.pdf