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Table 1 Spatial reorientation Cue Conflict results across multiple species

From: Uncertainty promotes information-seeking actions, but what information?

Citation

Population

Landmark (route)

Geometric (survey)

Hermer and Spelke (1996);

Learmonth, Newcombe, Sheridan, and Jones (2008);

Lee and Spelke (2008)

Human children aged 18 to 24 months

Human children aged 3, 4, 5, or 6 years

Human children aged 4 years

No

Only in large environments

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Kelly and Bischof (2008)

Human adults

Yes

No

Gouteux, Thinus-Blanc, and Vauclair (2001)

Rhesus monkeys

Yes

No

Cheng (1986)

Rats

No

Yes

Sovrano, Bisazza, and Vallortigara (2003)

Fish

No

Yes

Kelly et al. (1998)

Pigeons

Yes

No

Vallortigara, Pagni, and Sovrano (2004)

Chicks

??

??

  1. ??indicates that the results were inconclusive/mixed