2011/11/02 by Lucy G. Cheke, Nicola S. Clayton · 1 citation
Neuroscience · Psychology · #Memory and Neural Mechanisms #Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies #Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior #Biology #Corvidae #Evolutionary biology #Cognitive science #Ecology #Zoology #Psychology
paper · pdf · doi:10.1098/rsbl.2011.0909
openalex publication_date 2011/11/02 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/13
Western scrub-jays (Aphelocoma californica) have been shown to overcome present satiety to cache food they will desire in the future. Here, we show that another corvid, the Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius), can distinguish between two distinct future desires and plan for each appropriately, despite experiencing a conflicting current motivation. We argue that these data address the criticisms of previous work, and suggest a way in which associative learning processes and future-oriented cognition may combine to allow prospective behaviour.