The cognitive basis of individual recognition Academic Article

abstract

• 2017 Elsevier Ltd Individual recognition allows animals to discriminate among individuals and adjust their behavior accordingly. It involves the production and propagation of individually-distinctive signals or cues and then the perception and recognition of those signals or cues. This review highlights recent work investigating this process, emphasizing the cognitive basis of perception and recognition. It finds that relatively few studies have addressed how signatures propagate through the environment and are processed by the receiver. Given variation across species in the complexity of recognition, this review recommends further comparative studies be conducted to unravel the factors underlying this variation.

authors

• Yorzinski, Jessica

published proceedings

• CURRENT OPINION IN BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

altmetric score

• 14

author list (cited authors)

• Yorzinski, J. L.

citation count

• 47

complete list of authors

• Yorzinski, Jessica L

publication date

• August 2017

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Current opinion in behavioral sciences  Journal

keywords

• Basic Behavioral And Social Science
• Behavioral And Social Science
• Brain Disorders

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.cobeha.2017.03.009

start page

• 53

end page

• 57

volume

• 16

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2017.03.009