Sutton Jennifer E, Shettleworth Sara J
Department of Psychology.
J Comp Psychol. 2005 Aug;119(3):273-284. doi: 10.1037/0735-7036.119.3.273.
The relative importance of an internal sense of direction based on inertial cues and landmark piloting for small-scale navigation by White King pigeons (Columba livia) was investigated in an arena search task. Two groups of pigeons differed in whether they had access to visual cues outside the arena. In Experiment 1, pigeons were given experience with 2 different entrances and all pigeons transferred accurate searching to novel entrances. Explicit disorientation before entering did not affect accuracy. In Experiments 2-4, landmarks and inertial cues were put in conflict or tested 1 at a time. Pigeons tended to follow the landmarks in a conflict situation but could use an internal sense of direction to search when landmarks were unavailable.
在一项竞技场搜索任务中，研究了基于惯性线索的内部方向感和地标导航对白凤头鸽（家鸽）小规模导航的相对重要性。两组鸽子在是否能接触到竞技场外部的视觉线索方面存在差异。在实验1中，鸽子对两个不同的入口有体验，并且所有鸽子都能将准确的搜索转移到新的入口。进入前的明确迷失方向并不影响准确性。在实验2 - 4中，地标和惯性线索被设置成相互冲突或每次只测试一个。在冲突情况下，鸽子倾向于遵循地标，但当地标不可用时，它们可以利用内部方向感进行搜索。
