Abstract
How does ecology influence cognitive evolution in lizards? Taking a comparative approach, De Meester et al. (2022) discovered that species living in temporally fluctuating environments tend to perform relatively poorly on cognitive tasks associated with behavioral flexibility compared to species living in more climatically stable environments. The negative association between environmental variability and cognitive performance suggests that stochastic environments can hamper, rather than stimulate, the evolution of cognitive ability.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 625-626 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Evolution |
Volume | 77 |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | 16 Dec 2022 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2023 |
Keywords
- cognition
- cognitive buffer hypothesis
- comparative cognition
- expensive brain hypothesis
- lacertidae
- learning