Jonathan Daisley et al. investigated whether the social rank (pecking order) of young chicks was linked to an individual’s perception of transitive inference (e.g. A > B and B > C to infer A > C). They observed that chicks lower on the pecking order exhibited higher transitive inference performance, suggesting that social hierarchy influences cognitive abilities in animals.
- Jonathan Niall Daisley
- Giorgio Vallortigara
- Lucia Regolin
