Highlights•Problem solving and social learning are stable traits in guinea pigs.•Associative
learning is not consistent across contexts.•Problem solving and social learning form a …

Patterns of individual differences in cognition have been studied empirically and
systematically in the last decade, but causes and consequences of this variation are still …

The effects of wall color stimuli on diving, and the effects of depth stimuli on scototaxis, were
assessed in zebrafish. Three groups of fish were confined to a black, a white, or a …

High fearfulness could disrupt learning and likely affects judgment in animals, especially
when it is part of an animals' personality, ie, trait anxiety. Here, we tested whether high …

Personality represents individual behavioural differences that are consistent over time and
across situations. In humans and many taxa of nonhuman animals, individuals differ in the …

Human activity can dramatically affect personality traits in birds and small mammals.
However, we know very little about how anthropogenic disturbance shapes personality in …

Consistent individual differences in cognitive appraisal and emotional reactivity, including
fearfulness, are important personality traits in humans, non-human mammals, and birds …

The interest in animal personality, broadly defined as consistency of individual behavioural
traits over time and across contexts, has increased dramatically over the last years …

Exploration tendency, one of the most investigated animal personality traits, may be driven
by either positive (when seeking interesting information) or negative (to reduce the …

Using social information is not indiscriminate and being able to choose what to copy and
from whom to copy is critical. Dogs are able to learn socially, to recognize, and respond to …