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1Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. impepper@media.mit.edu.
Learning & Behavior
|February 25, 2021
Abstract:
Researchers often argue for the existence of "captivity bias": a higher success rate that may be observed for nonhumans tested in captivity compared to those tested in nature, purportedly because the former have certain advantages that the latter lack. Rössler et al. (Scientific Reports 10, 8681, 2020) find that, at least for Goffin's cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana), differences exist in motivation, not in problem-solving ability.

