caa a22 4500 605541825 CHVBK 20210128100918.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10071-014-0762-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10071-014-0762-z Schluessel V. Institute of Zoology, Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelm Universität Bonn, Poppelsdorfer Schloss, Meckenheimer Allee 169, 53115, Bonn, Germany aut Who would have thought that ‘Jaws' also has brains? Cognitive functions in elasmobranchs [Elektronische Daten] [V. Schluessel] Adaptation of brain structures, function and higher cognitive abilities most likely have contributed significantly to the evolutionary success of elasmobranchs, but these traits remain poorly studied when compared to other vertebrates, specifically mammals. While the pallium of non-mammalian vertebrates lacks the mammalian neocortical organization responsible for all cognitive abilities of mammals, several behavioural and neuroanatomical studies in recent years have clearly demonstrated that elasmobranchs, just like teleosts and other non-mammalian vertebrates, can nonetheless solve a multitude of cognitive tasks. Sharks and rays can learn and habituate, possess spatial memory; can orient according to different orientation strategies, remember spatial and discrimination tasks for extended periods of time, use tools; can imitate and learn from others, distinguish between conspecifics and heterospecifics, discriminate between either visual objects or electrical fields; can categorize visual objects and perceive illusory contours as well as bilateral symmetry. At least some neural correlates seem to be located in the telencephalon, with some pallial regions matching potentially homologous areas in other vertebrates where similar functions are being processed. Results of these studies indicate that the assessed cognitive abilities in elasmobranchs are as well developed as in teleosts or other vertebrates, aiding them in fundamental activities such as food retrieval, predator avoidance, mate choice and habitat selection. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014 Learning nationallicence Memory nationallicence Shark nationallicence Chondrichthyes nationallicence Rays nationallicence Animal Cognition Springer Berlin Heidelberg 18/1(2015-01-01), 19-37 1435-9448 18:1<19 2015 18 10071 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-014-0762-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 review-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-014-0762-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Schluessel V. Institute of Zoology, Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelm Universität Bonn, Poppelsdorfer Schloss, Meckenheimer Allee 169, 53115, Bonn, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Animal Cognition Springer Berlin Heidelberg 18/1(2015-01-01), 19-37 1435-9448 18:1<19 2015 18 10071