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Social learning in fish
(University of St Andrews, 2010-06-23) - Thesis,
Social learning is known to be a common phenomenon in fish, which they utilise under many different contexts, including foraging, mate-choice and migration. Here I review the literature on social learning in fish and present ...
Investigations into stickleback social learning
(University of St Andrews, 2014-10) - Thesis,
The objective of the experiments contained within this thesis was to provide further
insight into the social learning capabilities of threespined sticklebacks and the factors affecting the transmission of information ...
Experimental studies of social foraging in budgerigars, Melopsittacus undulatus
(University of St Andrews, 2014-06-25) - Thesis,
Many animals are social foragers. Foraging with others may confer a number of advantages, but is also likely to present a number of challenges that are not encountered by solitary foragers. For instance, whilst feeding in ...
Experimental studies of human social learning and its evolution
(University of St Andrews, 2014-06-25) - Thesis,
Human culture is unique in its scope and complexity and is underpinned by the social transmission of information. Successful individuals will use both social and asocial information effectively. Evolutionary theory suggests ...
Computational, experimental, and statistical analyses of social learning in humans and animals
(University of St Andrews, 2016-07-22) - Thesis,
Social learning is ubiquitous among animals and humans and is thought to be critical to the widespread success of humans and to the development and evolution of human culture. Evolutionary theory, however, suggests that ...
Empirical investigations of social learning, cooperation, and their role in the evolution of complex culture
(University of St Andrews, 2016-11-30) - Thesis,
There is something unique about human culture. Its complex technologies, customs,
institutions, symbolisms and norms, which are shared and maintained and improved
across countless generations, are what sets it apart from ...