title: Ravens notice dominance reversals among conspecifics within and outside their social group.
abstract: A core feature of social intelligence is the understanding of third-party relations, which has been experimentally demonstrated in primates. Whether other social animals also have this capacity, and whether they can use this capacity flexibly to, for example, also assess the relations of neighbouring conspecifics, remains unknown. Here we show that ravens react differently to playbacks of dominance interactions that either confirm or violate the current rank hierarchy of members in their own social group and of ravens in a neighbouring group. Therefore, ravens understand third-party relations and may deduce those not only via physical interactions but also by observation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Wien 1090, Austria.
authors.forename: Jorg J M
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Massen
authors.affiliation: Department of Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Wien 1090, Austria.
authors.forename: Andrius
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pašukonis
authors.affiliation: Department of Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Wien 1090, Austria.
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.affiliation: 1] Department of Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Wien 1090, Austria [2] Haidlhof Research Station, University of Vienna and University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Wien 1090, Austria.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bugnyar
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D046368:Crows / Q000502:physiology*; D056348:Emotional Intelligence / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D021641:Recognition, Psychology / Q000502:physiology*; D012930:Social Dominance
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