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Environmentally invoked innovation and cognition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 December 2007

Simon M. Reader
Simon M. Reader
Affiliation:
Behavioural Biology, Department of Biology and Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht 3508 TB, The Netherlandss.m.reader@uu.nlhttp://www.bio.uu.nl/behaviour/Reader/
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Abstract

Behavioral innovations induced by the social or physical environment are likely to be of great functional and evolutionary importance, and thus warrant serious attention. Innovation provides a process by which animals can adjust to changed environments. Despite this apparent adaptive advantage, it is not known whether innovative propensities are adaptive specializations. Furthermore, the varied psychological processes underlying innovation remain poorly understood.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 30 , Issue 4 , August 2007 , pp. 420 - 421
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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