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Desire-state attribution
In recent years, we have investigated the possibility that Eurasian jay food sharing might rely on desire-state attribution. The female's desire for a particular type of food can be decreased by sating her on it (specific...
Can male Eurasian jays disengage from their own current desire to feed the female what she wants?
Ljerka Ostojić, Edward W Legg, Rachael C Shaw, Lucy G Cheke, Michael Mendl, Nicola S Clayton
Mar 02, 2020
Humans' predictions of another person's behaviour are regularly influenced by what they themselves might know or want. In a previous study, we found that male Eurasian jays (Garrulus glandarius) could cater for their female...