金鱼喜欢被告知吗?金鱼喜欢被告知吗?
Victor Ajuwon1,2, Tiago Monteiro1,3,4,5, Mark E Walton6
1Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RB, UK.
Proceedings. Biological sciences
|May 21, 2025
概括
金鱼不喜欢可预测的结果而不是不可预测的结果,即使信息是免费的. 这表明,单靠关联式学习可能无法解释其他物种中观察到的信息搜索行为.
科学领域:
- 比較心理學 比較心理學
- 动物行为 动物行为
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
背景情况:
- 许多物种,包括人类,鸟类和哺乳动物,表现出对可预测的未来事件的偏好,即使没有直接的好处.
- 目前尚不清楚这种偏好是否源于基本的关联式学习,还是更复杂的信息搜索驱动,类似于好奇心.
研究的目的:
- 调查金鱼是否与鸟类和哺乳动物共享强化学习机制,表现出对可预测结果的偏好.
- 为了确定基本的条件化过程是否足以解释对不可用信息的矛盾偏好.
主要方法:
- 金鱼有两种选择,两者提供延迟和奖励的机会.
- 一种选择提供了与即将到来的结果相关的刺激 (信息性),而另一种提供了与之无关的刺激 (非信息性).
主要成果:
- 金鱼可以区分信息和非信息的选项.
- 然而,金鱼并没有对信息化选项产生偏好,而不是非信息化选项.
结论:
- 金鱼的关联式学习机制不足以产生对结果可预测性的偏好.
- 这些发现挑战了信息偏好仅仅是关联过程的副产品的想法,并表明一些脊椎动物可能已经发展出专门的信息搜索机制.
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