Dissemin is shutting down on January 1st, 2025

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Cell Press, Current Biology, 18(25), p. R802-R804, 2015

DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.07.022

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Social Learning: Parents May Not Always Know Best

Journal article published in 2015 by Simon C. Griffith, Culum Brown ORCID
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

Summary The efficiency with which animals learn new skills depends on their ability to choose good tutors. A new study shows that early-life stress causes young zebra finches to switch tutor preference from parents to unrelated adults.