Is there a limit to learning? | Shed Science
Sally Le Page
Apr 16, 2012 11:12
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Can we learn everything, or are we limited by our genes? This episode of Shed Science has a brief dip into the world of innate v. learned behaviour and asks what we can uncover about how we learn from animal behaviour.
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Correction: The flower/snake experiment used monkeys, not chimpanzees (which are in fact apes)
References:
How monkeys (and other animals) learn what to be afraid of: http://dft.ba/-monkeylearning
How chaffinches learn to sing: http://dft.ba/-chaffinchsong
A really useful, readable introduction to animal behaviour: http://dft.ba/-animalbehaviour
Or if these links don't work for you, the longhand references are (search for them in Google Scholar)
Ohman & Mineka (2001), Fears, Phobias, and Preparedness: Toward an Evolved Module of Fear and Fear Learning, Pysc Rev 108
Poulsen (1951) Inheritance and Learning in the Song of the Chaffinch (Fringilla Coelebs L.), Behaviour 3
Davies et al (2012) An introduction to Behavioural Ecology 4th ed, Wiley Blackwell
My official website: http://sallylepage.moonfruit.com
Chaffinch photo: Kev Chapman
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