Teachers in the wild

Gergely Csibra*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract (may include machine translation)

Three recent studies challenge the apparent consensus about the absence of teaching in non-human animals by providing evidence that certain behaviours of ants, birds and mammals satisfy a strict definition of teaching. However, these behaviours, although capable of facilitating information or skill acquisition in youngsters, could not support the transmission of cultural knowledge across individuals, which human teaching arguably serves.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)95-96
Number of pages2
JournalTrends in Cognitive Sciences
Volume11
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2007
Externally publishedYes

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