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SUBMITTER: Saliveros AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7735368 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Saliveros Alexander M AM Blyth Eleanor C EC Easter Carrie C Hume Georgina V GV McAusland Fraser F Hoppitt William W Boogert Neeltje J NJ
Royal Society open science 20201111 11
Social learning, where information is acquired from others, is taxonomically widespread. There is growing evidence that animals selectively employ 'social learning strategies', which determine e.g. when to copy others instead of learning asocially and whom to copy. Furthermore, once animals have acquired new information, e.g. regarding profitable resources, it is beneficial for them to commit it to long-term memory (LTM), especially if it allows access to profitable resources in the future. Rese ...[more]