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Bennett G. Galef
Researcher at McMaster University
Publications - 4
Citations - 653
Bennett G. Galef is an academic researcher from McMaster University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social influence & Social learning. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 4 publications receiving 594 citations.
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Social Learning in Animals: Empirical Studies and Theoretical Models
Bennett G. Galef,Kevin N. Laland +1 more
TL;DR: Recent empirical evidence of social influences on food choice, tool use, patterns of movement, predator avoidance, mate choice, and courtship is reviewed, and formal models of when animals choose to copy behavior are considered, and which other animals' behavior they copy.
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CHAPTER 3 – Social Enhancement of Food Preferences in Norway Rats: A Brief Review1
TL;DR: This chapter closes with the conclusion that investigations of social learning processes are likely to provide insight into how locally adaptive patterns of behavior are acquired.
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