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Learning new skills can boost an animal's social status. In ring-tailed lemurs, those who learned a foraging task became more central in their social groups, showing learning influences social networks.

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  • Animal behavior
  • Social network analysis
  • Primate cognition

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  • Social connections influence information transmission and an individual's network position.
  • The bidirectional relationship between learning and network centrality is not well understood.
  • Individuals acquiring information quickly may gain central network positions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if learning a novel task changes social network centrality in ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta).
  • To explore the influence of learning on social status and affiliation.

Main Methods:

  • Observing ring-tailed lemurs before and after they learned a novel foraging task.
  • Analyzing changes in affiliation networks, distinguishing between received and initiated interactions.
  • Assessing the correlation between pre-learning social behavior and task acquisition.

Main Results:

  • Lemurs who initiated more interactions before the experiment were more likely to learn the task.
  • Lemurs who were frequently observed learning the task received more affiliative behaviors post-learning, increasing their centrality.
  • This increased centrality persisted even after the task was removed.

Conclusions:

  • Individual differences in learning and success can significantly impact social centrality.
  • Learning novel information and demonstrating competence can enhance an individual's social standing.
  • Separate quantification of received and initiated interactions offers valuable insights into learning-centrality dynamics.