title: Social Learning: Parents May Not Always Know Best.
abstract: The efficiency with which animals learn new skills depends on their ability to choose good tutors. A new study shows that early-life stress causes young zebra finches to switch tutor preference from parents to unrelated adults.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia. Electronic address: simon.griffith@mq.edu.au.
authors.forename: Simon C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Griffith
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.
authors.forename: Culum
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D046369:Finches / Q000502:physiology*; D000067570:Social Learning; D013312:Stress, Physiological