Primate spatial strategies and cognition
Introduction to this special issue
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19386252 |
|---|---|
| Authors | P A Garber (0000-0003-0053-8356, Department of Anthropology University of Illinois Urbana Illinois, corresponding author), Francine L Dolins (0000-0002-7871-3495, Department of Behavioral Sciences University of Michigan‐Dearborn Dearborn Michigan) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 393-398 |
| Publication date | 2014-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Primatology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0275-2565 • E-ISSN: 1098-2345 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajp.22257 |
| PMID | 24395033 |
| OpenAlex | W1896376633 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 33 |
Wild primates face significant challenges associated with locating resources that involve learning through exploration, encoding, and recalling travel routes, orienting to single landmarks or landmark arrays, monitoring food availability, and applying spatial strategies that reduce effort and increase efficiency. These foraging decisions are likely to involve tradeoffs between traveling to nearby or distant feeding sites based on expectations of resource productivity, predation risk, the availability of other nearby feeding sites, and individual requirements associated with nutrient balancing. Socioecological factors that affect primate foraging decisions include feeding competition, intergroup encounters, mate defense, and opportunities for food sharing. The nine research papers in this Special Issue, "Primate Spatial Strategies and Cognition," address a series of related questions examining how monkeys, apes, and humans encode, internally represent, and integrate spatial, temporal, and quantity information in efficiently locating and relocating productive feeding sites in both small-scale and large-scale space. The authors use a range of methods and approaches to study wild and captive primates, including computer and mathematical modeling, virtual reality, and detailed examinations of animal movement using GPS and GIS analyses to better understand primate cognitive ecology and species differences in decision-making. We conclude this Introduction by identifying a series of critical questions for future research designed to document species-specific differences in primate spatial cognition
Biology · Cartography · Cognition · Cognitive map · Foraging · Geography · Habitat · Home range · Landmark · Primate · Spatial cognition · Temporal scales · Computer Science · Memory and Neural Mechanisms · Neuroscience · Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies · Primate Behavior and Ecology · Ecology
Wild common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) employ spatial cognitive abilities to improve their food search and consumption
Ecological factors predictive of wild spider monkey ( Ateles belzebuth ) foraging decisions in Yasuní, Ecuador
Wild Tibetan Macaques Use a Route‐Based Mental Map to Navigate in Large‐Scale Space
Primate cognition
On the move
Social dynamics of the golden snub‐nosed monkey ( Rhinopithecus roxellana )
Spatial foraging in free ranging bearded sakis
Captive cotton‐top tamarins' ( Saguinus oedipus oedipus ) use of landmarks to localize hidden food items
A comparison of computer‐generated and naturally occurring foraging patterns in route‐network‐constrained spider monkeys
Using virtual reality to investigate comparative spatial cognitive abilities in chimpanzees and humans
Change point analysis of travel routes reveals novel insights into foraging strategies and cognitive maps of wild baboons
Hand Preference for Tool‐Use in Capuchin Monkeys ( C ebus apella) Is Associated With Asymmetry of the Primary Motor Cortex
Death of the (traveling) salesman
Chimpanzees form long‐term memories for food locations after limited exposure
Navigating in small‐scale space
Human and nonhuman primate brains
Primate brain evolution
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |