Goal orientation by geometric and feature cues: spatial learning in the terrestrial toad Rhinella arenarum

Autores
Sotelo, María Inés; Bingman, Verner Peter; Muzio, Ruben Nestor
Año de publicación
2015
Idioma
inglés
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artículo
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versión publicada
Descripción
Although of crucial importance in vertebrate evolution, amphibians are rarely considered in studies of comparative cognition. Using water as reward, we studied whether the terrestrial toad, Rhinella arenarum, is also capable of encoding geometric and feature information to navigate to a goal location. Experimental toads, partially dehydrated, were trained in either a white rectangular box (Geometry-only, Experiment 1) or in the same box with a removable colored panel (Geometry-Feature, Experiment 2) covering one wall. Four water containers were used, but only one (Geometry-Feature), or two in geometrically equivalent corners (Geometry-only), had water accessible to the trained animals. After learning to successfully locate the water reward, probe trials were carried out by changing the shape of the arena or the location of the feature cue. Probe tests revealed that, under the experimental conditions used, toads can use both geometry and feature to locate a goal location, but geometry is more potent as a navigational cue. The results generally agree with findings from other vertebrates and support the idea that at the behavioral-level geometric orientation is a conserved feature shared by all vertebrates.
Fil: Sotelo, María Inés. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (i); Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Psicologia; Argentina
Fil: Bingman, Verner Peter. Bowling Green State University. J. P. Scott Center for Neuroscience, Mind & Behavior.; Estados Unidos
Fil: Muzio, Ruben Nestor. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (i); Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Psicologia; Argentina
Materia
Geometric And Feature Orientation
Spatial Learning
Toads
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spelling Goal orientation by geometric and feature cues: spatial learning in the terrestrial toad Rhinella arenarumSotelo, María InésBingman, Verner PeterMuzio, Ruben NestorGeometric And Feature OrientationSpatial LearningToadshttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5Although of crucial importance in vertebrate evolution, amphibians are rarely considered in studies of comparative cognition. Using water as reward, we studied whether the terrestrial toad, Rhinella arenarum, is also capable of encoding geometric and feature information to navigate to a goal location. Experimental toads, partially dehydrated, were trained in either a white rectangular box (Geometry-only, Experiment 1) or in the same box with a removable colored panel (Geometry-Feature, Experiment 2) covering one wall. Four water containers were used, but only one (Geometry-Feature), or two in geometrically equivalent corners (Geometry-only), had water accessible to the trained animals. After learning to successfully locate the water reward, probe trials were carried out by changing the shape of the arena or the location of the feature cue. Probe tests revealed that, under the experimental conditions used, toads can use both geometry and feature to locate a goal location, but geometry is more potent as a navigational cue. The results generally agree with findings from other vertebrates and support the idea that at the behavioral-level geometric orientation is a conserved feature shared by all vertebrates.Fil: Sotelo, María Inés. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (i); Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Psicologia; ArgentinaFil: Bingman, Verner Peter. Bowling Green State University. J. P. Scott Center for Neuroscience, Mind & Behavior.; Estados UnidosFil: Muzio, Ruben Nestor. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (i); Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Psicologia; ArgentinaSpringer Verlag Berlín2015-01-31info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/6671Sotelo, María Inés; Bingman, Verner Peter; Muzio, Ruben Nestor; Goal orientation by geometric and feature cues: spatial learning in the terrestrial toad Rhinella arenarum; Springer Verlag Berlín; Animal Cognition; 18; 1; 31-1-2015; 315-3231435-94481435-9456enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/s10071-014-0802-8info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10071-014-0802-8info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:09:31Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/6671instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:09:31.222CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Goal orientation by geometric and feature cues: spatial learning in the terrestrial toad Rhinella arenarum
title Goal orientation by geometric and feature cues: spatial learning in the terrestrial toad Rhinella arenarum
spellingShingle Goal orientation by geometric and feature cues: spatial learning in the terrestrial toad Rhinella arenarum
Sotelo, María Inés
Geometric And Feature Orientation
Spatial Learning
Toads
title_short Goal orientation by geometric and feature cues: spatial learning in the terrestrial toad Rhinella arenarum
title_full Goal orientation by geometric and feature cues: spatial learning in the terrestrial toad Rhinella arenarum
title_fullStr Goal orientation by geometric and feature cues: spatial learning in the terrestrial toad Rhinella arenarum
title_full_unstemmed Goal orientation by geometric and feature cues: spatial learning in the terrestrial toad Rhinella arenarum
title_sort Goal orientation by geometric and feature cues: spatial learning in the terrestrial toad Rhinella arenarum
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Sotelo, María Inés
Bingman, Verner Peter
Muzio, Ruben Nestor
author Sotelo, María Inés
author_facet Sotelo, María Inés
Bingman, Verner Peter
Muzio, Ruben Nestor
author_role author
author2 Bingman, Verner Peter
Muzio, Ruben Nestor
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Geometric And Feature Orientation
Spatial Learning
Toads
topic Geometric And Feature Orientation
Spatial Learning
Toads
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Although of crucial importance in vertebrate evolution, amphibians are rarely considered in studies of comparative cognition. Using water as reward, we studied whether the terrestrial toad, Rhinella arenarum, is also capable of encoding geometric and feature information to navigate to a goal location. Experimental toads, partially dehydrated, were trained in either a white rectangular box (Geometry-only, Experiment 1) or in the same box with a removable colored panel (Geometry-Feature, Experiment 2) covering one wall. Four water containers were used, but only one (Geometry-Feature), or two in geometrically equivalent corners (Geometry-only), had water accessible to the trained animals. After learning to successfully locate the water reward, probe trials were carried out by changing the shape of the arena or the location of the feature cue. Probe tests revealed that, under the experimental conditions used, toads can use both geometry and feature to locate a goal location, but geometry is more potent as a navigational cue. The results generally agree with findings from other vertebrates and support the idea that at the behavioral-level geometric orientation is a conserved feature shared by all vertebrates.
Fil: Sotelo, María Inés. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (i); Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Psicologia; Argentina
Fil: Bingman, Verner Peter. Bowling Green State University. J. P. Scott Center for Neuroscience, Mind & Behavior.; Estados Unidos
Fil: Muzio, Ruben Nestor. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (i); Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Psicologia; Argentina
description Although of crucial importance in vertebrate evolution, amphibians are rarely considered in studies of comparative cognition. Using water as reward, we studied whether the terrestrial toad, Rhinella arenarum, is also capable of encoding geometric and feature information to navigate to a goal location. Experimental toads, partially dehydrated, were trained in either a white rectangular box (Geometry-only, Experiment 1) or in the same box with a removable colored panel (Geometry-Feature, Experiment 2) covering one wall. Four water containers were used, but only one (Geometry-Feature), or two in geometrically equivalent corners (Geometry-only), had water accessible to the trained animals. After learning to successfully locate the water reward, probe trials were carried out by changing the shape of the arena or the location of the feature cue. Probe tests revealed that, under the experimental conditions used, toads can use both geometry and feature to locate a goal location, but geometry is more potent as a navigational cue. The results generally agree with findings from other vertebrates and support the idea that at the behavioral-level geometric orientation is a conserved feature shared by all vertebrates.
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