NDLI: How does cognition evolve? Phylogenetic comparative psychology

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Author	MacLean, Evan L. Matthews, Luke J. Hare, Brian A. Nunn, Charles L. Anderson, Rindy C. Aureli, Filippo Brann, Elizabeth M. Call, Josep Drea, Christine M. Emery, Nathan J. Haun, Daniel B. M. Herrmann, Esther Jacobs, Lucia F. Platt, Michael L. Rosati, Alexandra G. Sandel, Aaron A. Schroepfer, Kara K. Seed, Amanda M. Tan, Jingzhi Schaik, Carel P. Wobber, Victoria
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	Now more than ever animal studies have the potential to test hypotheses regarding how cognition evolves. Comparative psychologists have developed new techniques to probe the cognitive mechanisms underlying animal behavior, and they have become increasingly skillful at adapting methodologies to test multiple species. Meanwhile, evolutionary biologists have generated quantitative approaches to investigate the phylogenetic distribution and function of phenotypic traits, including cognition. In particular, phylogenetic methods can quantitatively (1) test whether specific cognitive abilities are correlated with life history (e.g., lifespan), morphology (e.g., brain size), or socio-ecological variables (e.g., social system), (2) measure how strongly phylogenetic relatedness predicts the distribution of cognitive skills across species, and (3) estimate the ancestral state of a given cognitive trait using measures of cognitive performance from extant species. Phylogenetic methods can also be used to guide the selection of species comparisons that offer the strongest tests of a priori predictions of cognitive evolutionary hypotheses (i.e., phylogenetic targeting). Here, we explain how an integration of comparative psychology and evolutionary biology will answer a host of questions regarding the phylogenetic distribution and history of cognitive traits, as well as the evolutionary processes that drove their evolution.
Starting Page	223
Ending Page	238
Page Count	16
File Format	PDF
ISSN	14359448
Journal	Animal Cognition
Volume Number	15
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	14359456
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2011-09-17
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Phylogenetic comparative methods Evolution Adaptation Phylogeny Function Cognitive evolution Selective pressure Behavioural Sciences Zoology Evolutionary Biology Human Physiology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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