Tool use in Goffin’s cockatoos: Shape/frame matching

Social transmission of tool use and tool manufacture in Goffin cockatoos (Cacatua goffini)

Tool use can be inherited, or acquired as an individual innovation or by social transmission. Having previously reported individual innovative tool use and manufacture by a Goffin cockatoo, we used the innovator (Figaro, a male) as a demonstrator to investigate social transmission. Twelve Goffins saw either demonstrations by Figaro, or 'ghost' controls where tools and/or food were manipulated u...

The keybox: Shape-frame fitting during tool use in Goffin’s cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana)

The ability to move an object in alignment to a surface develops early in human ontogeny. However, aligning not just your own body but also the object itself in relation to a surface with a specific shape requires using landmarks rather than the own body as a frame of reference for orientation. The ability to do so is considered important in the development of tool use behaviour in human and no...

Goffin's cockatoos make the same tool type from different materials

Innovative tool manufacture is rare and hard to isolate in animals. We show that an Indonesian generalist parrot, the Goffin's cockatoo, can flexibly and spontaneously transfer the manufacture of stick-type tools across three different materials. Each material required different manipulation patterns, including substrates that required active sculpting for achieving a functional, elongated shape.

Statistical Matching in ‘Labour Force’ and ‘Time Use’ Surveys

Abstract. In the National Statistical Systems‎, ‎some parts of the official statistics required for development planning and evidence base management are collected through sampling survey‎. ‎Due to the high cost of sampling process‎, ‎as well as nonresponses‎, ‎it may not be possible to collect all of the expected variables in a survey‎.‎In order to obtain a comprehensive and complete source o...

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