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The evolution of quantitative sensitivity.
Bryer, Margaret A H; Koopman, Sarah E; Cantlon, Jessica F; Piantadosi, Steven T; MacLean, Evan L; Baker, Joseph M; Beran, Michael J; Jones, Sarah M; Jordan, Kerry E; Mahamane, Salif; Nieder, Andreas; Perdue, Bonnie M; Range, Friederike; Stevens, Jeffrey R; Tomonaga, Masaki; Ujfalussy, Dorottya J; Vonk, Jennifer.
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  • Bryer MAH; Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
  • Koopman SE; Department of Psychology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
  • Cantlon JF; School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St. Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9AJ, UK.
  • Piantadosi ST; Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
  • MacLean EL; Department of Psychology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
  • Baker JM; School of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA.
  • Beran MJ; College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA.
  • Jones SM; Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research, Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
  • Jordan KE; Department of Psychology and Language Research Center, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302, USA.
  • Mahamane S; Psychology Program, Berea College, Berea, KY 40403, USA.
  • Nieder A; Department of Psychology, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, USA.
  • Perdue BM; Behavioral and Social Sciences Department, Western Colorado University, Gunnison, CO 81231, USA.
  • Range F; Animal Physiology Unit, Institute of Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen 72076, Germany.
  • Stevens JR; Department of Psychology, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA 30030, USA.
  • Tomonaga M; Domestication Lab, Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology, Department of Interdisciplinary Life Sciences, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Savoyenstrasse 1a, Vienna 1160, Austria.
  • Ujfalussy DJ; Department of Psychology and Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA.
  • Vonk J; Inuyama, Aichi 484-0000, Japan.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci ; 377(1844): 20200529, 2022 02 14.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34957840
The ability to represent approximate quantities appears to be phylogenetically widespread, but the selective pressures and proximate mechanisms favouring this ability remain unknown. We analysed quantity discrimination data from 672 subjects across 33 bird and mammal species, using a novel Bayesian model that combined phylogenetic regression with a model of number psychophysics and random effect components. This allowed us to combine data from 49 studies and calculate the Weber fraction (a measure of quantity representation precision) for each species. We then examined which cognitive, socioecological and biological factors were related to variance in Weber fraction. We found contributions of phylogeny to quantity discrimination performance across taxa. Of the neural, socioecological and general cognitive factors we tested, cortical neuron density and domain-general cognition were the strongest predictors of Weber fraction, controlling for phylogeny. Our study is a new demonstration of evolutionary constraints on cognition, as well as of a relation between species-specific neuron density and a particular cognitive ability. This article is part of the theme issue 'Systems neuroscience through the lens of evolutionary theory'.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Cognición / Evolución Biológica Tipo de estudio: Diagnostic_studies / Prognostic_studies Límite: Animals / Humans Idioma: En Revista: Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Cognición / Evolución Biológica Tipo de estudio: Diagnostic_studies / Prognostic_studies Límite: Animals / Humans Idioma: En Revista: Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Reino Unido