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  • Animal cognition
  • Evolutionary biology
  • Behavioral ecology

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  • Cognitive performance measures are crucial for understanding cognitive variation.
  • Concerns exist regarding the robustness of cognitive measures due to non-cognitive factors.
  • Long-term repeatability of cognitive performance remains understudied.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To quantify the long-term repeatability of cognitive performance in wild Australian magpies.
  • To assess the stability of cognitive phenotypes over a three-year period.
  • To explore implications for cognitive evolution and selection.

Main Methods:

  • Assessed cognitive performance using psychometric tasks in wild Australian magpies.
  • Quantified long-term repeatability of performance over three years.
  • Utilized principal component analyses for general cognitive performance measures.

Main Results:

  • Associative learning and reversal learning showed significant long-term repeatability.
  • Spatial memory and inhibitory control performance were not significantly repeatable.
  • General cognitive performance measures derived from principal component analyses were highly repeatable.

Conclusions:

  • At least some cognitive phenotypes in wild birds are stable over extended periods.
  • Demonstrated repeatability of specific cognitive tasks supports their utility in evolutionary studies.
  • Stable cognitive phenotypes have significant implications for understanding cognitive evolution and the potential for natural selection.