Emotions are recognized as strong modulators of cognitive capacities. However, studies
have mainly focused on the effect of negative emotions, with few investigating positive …

Learning performance is influenced by emotional reactivity, low reactivity being generally
beneficial. Previous experiments show that emotional reactivity can be modified after a …

Learning and decision-making are greatly influenced by context. When navigating a
complex social world, individuals must quickly ascertain where to gain important resources …

Cognitive abilities allow animals to navigate through complex, fluctuating environments. In
the present study, we tested the performance of a captive group of eight crows, Corvus …

Place learning is thought to be an adaptive and flexible facet of navigation. Due to the
flexibility of this learning, it is thought to be more complex than the simpler strategies such as …

Natural selection often promotes a mix of behavioural phenotypes in a population. Adaptive
variation in the propensity to take risks might explain individual differences in shyness and …

Behavioral responses vary between individuals and may be repeated in different contexts
over time. When a behavioral response set is linked and present regardless of the context, it …

In humans, individual and sex differences have been long reported for several cognitive
tasks and are at least in part due to variability in the function that inhibits behaviour (ie …

The relationship between animal cognition and consistent among-individual behavioral
differences (ie, behavioral types, animal personality, or coping styles), has recently received …

In variable environments, animals can learn to alter their behavior to adjust to changes.
Sometimes, however, this learning ability can be impaired. For example, challenges in the …