Technical innovations drive the relationship between innovativeness and residual brain size in birds

By S. Overington, J. Morand‐Ferron, N. Boogert, L. Lefebvre. 2009

246 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Developmental Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Social Psychology

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In Developmental Biology

1. N. Boogert
2. J. Morand‐Ferron
3. L. Lefebvre
4. S. Overington
5. Alex Thornton
6. A. Griffin
7. D. Sol
8. L. Garamszegi

In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. A. Griffin
2. Alex Thornton
3. L. Lefebvre
4. N. Boogert
5. J. Morand‐Ferron
6. D. Sol
7. J. Samson
8. L. Garamszegi

In Social Psychology

1. N. Boogert
2. J. Morand‐Ferron
3. A. Griffin
4. L. Lefebvre
5. Alex Thornton
6. S. Overington
7. D. Sol
8. J. Samson

Citations in the corpus

• Innovative problem solving in wild meerkats (2012, background): “Conversely, studies of innovation in the wild have largely relied on compilations of anecdotal reports (e.g. Lefebvre et al. 2004; Sol et al. 2005; Overington et al. 2009), making it difficult to ascertain with certainty whether a particular behaviour is truly novel.”
• Mate choice for cognitive traits: a review of the evidence in nonhuman vertebrates (2011, background): “Foraging behavior varies in cognitive complexity, ranging from simple, hard-wired responses, such as aquatic suction feeding in fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra; Reilly 1995), to techniques that involve innovation (Overington et al. 2009), imitation (Byrne and Russon 1998; Fawcett et al.”
• Risk-taking behavior, urbanization and the pace of life in birds (2018, background): “Indeed, we did not find evidence that enlarged brains facilitate accommodating FID to the perception of risk, although this may simply indicate that habituation to humans does not require the type of advanced cognition associated with enlarged brains (Overington et al. 2009).”
• Problem-solving performance is correlated with reproductive success in a wild bird population (2013, background): “Differences among species and individuals in the ability to solve such problems can be experimentally assessed with novel tasks conducted in captivity (Overington et al. 2009a) and in the field (Morand-Ferron et al. 2011).”
• Who are the innovators? A field experiment with 2 passerine species (2011, background): “First, they are known to spontaneously innovate at high rates in the wild (Fisher and Hinde 1949; Estók et al. 2009; Overington et al. 2009).”
• Are innovative species ecological generalists? A test in North American birds (2011, background): “…et al. 2005): Given the robust relationship between innovation and brain size across regions and taxonomic levels (e.g., Lefebvre et al. 1997; Overington et al. 2009), it is quite possible that enlarged brain size is associated with innovativeness in these species, which in turn plays a role…”