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dc.contributor.authorRosa-Salva, Orsola
dc.contributor.authorHernik, Mikołaj
dc.contributor.authorFabbroni, Martina
dc.contributor.authorLorenzi, Elena
dc.contributor.authorVallortigara, Giorgio
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-28T05:22:51Z
dc.date.available2023-08-28T05:22:51Z
dc.date.issued2023-03-18
dc.description.abstractDomestic chicks (Gallus gallus domesticus) have been widely used as a model to study the motion cues that allow visually naïve organisms to detect animate agents shortly after hatching/birth. Our previous work has shown that chicks prefer to approach agents whose main body axis and motion direction are aligned (a feature typical of creatures whose motion is constrained by a bilaterally symmetric body plan). However, it has never been investigated whether chicks are also sensitive to the fact that an agent maintains a stable front–back body orientation in motion (i.e. consistency in which end is leading and which trailing). This is another feature typical of bilateria, which is also associated with the detection of animate agents in humans. The aim of the present study was to fll this gap. Contrary to our initial expectations, after testing 300 chicks across 3 experimental conditions, we found a recurrent preference for the agent which did not maintain a stable front–back body orientation. Since this preference was limited to female chicks, the results are discussed also in relation to sex diferences in the social behaviour of this model. Overall, we show for the frst time that chicks can discriminate agents based on the stability of their front–back orientation. The unexpected direction of the efect could refect a preference for agents’ whose behaviour is less predictable. Chicks may prefer agents with greater behavioural variability, a trait which has been associated with animate agents, or have a tendency to explore agents performing “odd behaviours”.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRosa-Salva, Hernik, Fabbroni, Lorenzi, Vallortigara. Naïve chicks do not prefer objects with stable body orientation, though they may prefer behavioural variability. Animal Cognition. 2023en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2139645
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10071-023-01764-3
dc.identifier.issn1435-9448
dc.identifier.issn1435-9456
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/30449
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Natureen_US
dc.relation.journalAnimal Cognition
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/295517/EU/Predisposed mechanisms for social orienting: A comparative neuro-cognitive approach/PREMESOR/en_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2023 The Author(s)en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)en_US
dc.titleNaïve chicks do not prefer objects with stable body orientation, though they may prefer behavioural variabilityen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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