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Published on: October 1, 2011
Brain size predicts foraging and escaping abilities in the paddy frogs
Chuan Chen1,2, Weijie Shao1,2, Xin Zhu1,2
1Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation (Ministry of Education), China West Normal University, Nanchong, Sichuan, China.
Abstract:
The three experiments revealed that successful individuals with spatial learning and escaping had relatively larger brains than unsuccessful ones in three species of the paddy frogs. We first provided experimental evidence for whole-brain size as a predictor of cognitive abilities in the paddy frogs. Our findings support the claim that brain size can reflect an animal's spatial learning and escaping abilities and enhance our understanding of larger brains evolved with better cognitive abilities in frogs.

