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dc.contributor.authorPrentice, Pamela Men_UK
dc.contributor.authorMnatzaganian, Chloeen_UK
dc.contributor.authorHouslay, Thomas Men_UK
dc.contributor.authorThornton, Alexen_UK
dc.contributor.authorWilson, Alastair Jen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-11T00:01:00Z-
dc.date.available2022-05-11T00:01:00Z-
dc.date.issued2022-06en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/34293-
dc.description.abstractCognition is vital for carrying out behaviours required for survival and reproduction. Cognitive performance varies between species, but also between individuals within populations. While variation is a prerequisite for natural selection, selection does not act on traits in isolation. The extent to which cognitive traits covary with other aspects of phenotype (e.g. personality traits) may be important in shaping evolutionary dynamics. Here we adopted a multivariate approach to test spatial learning in male Poecilia reticulata and asked whether differences in cognitive performance are associated with (repeatable) differences in stress response behaviour. Functional links between cognitive traits and ‘stress coping style’ have been hypothesized. Furthermore, individual level studies of cognitive performance typically rely on multiple testing paradigms that may themselves be a stressor. There is a risk that variation in stress responsiveness is itself a cause of apparent, but artefactual variance in cognitive ability. Fish repeatedly experienced two spatial learning tasks (maze layouts) and an acute stress response test (open field trial). We found repeatable differences between individuals in performance within and across maze layouts. On average, performance improved with experience in the first maze, consistent with spatial learning, but not in the second. Individuals varied in the trajectory of mean performance with trial number in both mazes, suggesting they differ in ‘learning rate’. Acute stress response behaviour was repeatable but predicted neither average time to solve the maze nor learning rate. We found no support for between-individual correlation between acute stress response and cognitive performance. However, we highlight the possibility that cumulative, chronic stress effects may nevertheless cause declines in performance for some individuals (leading to lack of improvement in mean time to solve the second maze). If so, this may represent a pervasive but difficult challenge for our ability to robustly estimate learning rates in studies of animal cognition.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevier BVen_UK
dc.relationPrentice PM, Mnatzaganian C, Houslay TM, Thornton A & Wilson AJ (2022) Individual differences in spatial learning are correlated across tasks but not with stress response behaviour in guppies. Animal Behaviour, 188, pp. 133-146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.04.009en_UK
dc.rightsThis is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons CC-BY license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. You are not required to obtain permission to reuse this article.en_UK
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_UK
dc.subjectanimal behaviouren_UK
dc.subjectanimal personalityen_UK
dc.subjectcognitive performanceen_UK
dc.subjectindividual differencesen_UK
dc.subjectPoecilia reticulataen_UK
dc.subjectspatial learningen_UK
dc.subjectstress responseen_UK
dc.titleIndividual differences in spatial learning are correlated across tasks but not with stress response behaviour in guppiesen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.04.009en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleAnimal Behaviouren_UK
dc.citation.issn0003-3472en_UK
dc.citation.volume188en_UK
dc.citation.spage133en_UK
dc.citation.epage146en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.contributor.funderBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Councilen_UK
dc.citation.date10/05/2022en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Exeteren_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Exeteren_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Exeteren_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Exeteren_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Exeteren_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000806165600006en_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-85129535775en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid1814270en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-6290-9581en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0001-5592-9034en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-1607-2047en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-5045-2051en_UK
dc.date.accepted2022-03-04en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2022-03-04en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2022-05-10en_UK
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rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
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local.rioxx.authorPrentice, Pamela M|0000-0002-6290-9581en_UK
local.rioxx.authorMnatzaganian, Chloe|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorHouslay, Thomas M|0000-0001-5592-9034en_UK
local.rioxx.authorThornton, Alex|0000-0002-1607-2047en_UK
local.rioxx.authorWilson, Alastair J|0000-0002-5045-2051en_UK
local.rioxx.projectProject ID unknown|Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council|http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000268en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2022-05-10en_UK
local.rioxx.licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/|2022-05-10|en_UK
local.rioxx.filename1-s2.0-S0003347222001038-main.pdfen_UK
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