La imitación de terceros no se limita a los seres humanos

Esha Haldar1,2,3, Ariana Hernández Sánchez4, Claudio Tennie5

  • 1Max-Planck-Institute for Biological Intelligence (Seewiesen), Starnberg, Germany. iesha.haldar@gmail.com.

Scientific reports
|September 4, 2025
PubMed
Resumen

Los guacamayos de garganta azul demuestran imitación de terceros, aprendiendo nuevas acciones intransitivas al observar a otros. Este aprendizaje pasivo permite una adaptación más rápida a los comportamientos específicos del grupo y a las posibles convenciones culturales en los loros.

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