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  • Behavioral ecology
  • Developmental biology

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  • The drivers of cognitive ability variation are debated, with sociality and environment as key hypotheses.
  • The social intelligence hypothesis, linking cognition to social interaction, is primarily tested in highly social species.
  • Developmental studies are scarce, limiting understanding of how early social experiences influence cognitive development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effect of the early post-natal social environment on behavior and cognition.
  • To test the social intelligence hypothesis in a social lizard, the tokay gecko (Gekko gecko).
  • To explore the causal link between early social environment and cognitive development.

Main Methods:

  • Raising tokay geckos in different early social environments.
  • Assessing behavioral development, including boldness and neophobia.
  • Measuring cognitive performance, specifically associative learning.

Main Results:

  • The early social environment significantly influenced the development of boldness.
  • Variation in space neophobia was affected by the early social environment.
  • Associative learning abilities showed differences based on early social experiences.

Conclusions:

  • Early social environment plays a crucial role in shaping behavioral and cognitive development in tokay geckos.
  • Findings support the broader applicability of social influences on cognition beyond highly social species.
  • The study highlights the importance of developmental perspectives in understanding animal cognition and social intelligence.