Plasticity in animal personality traits: does prior experience alter the degree of boldness? Export

@article{citeulike:1014082, abstract = {Theoreticians predict that animal 'personality' traits may be maladaptive if fixed throughout different contexts, so the present study aimed to test whether these traits are fixed or plastic. Rainbow trout (Onchorhyncus mykiss) were given emboldening or negative experiences in the forms of watching bold or shy individuals responding to novelty or winning or losing fights to examine whether prior experience affected boldness. Bold individuals that lost fights or watched shy demonstrators became more shy by increasing their latency to approach a novel object, whereas shy observers that watched bold demonstrators remained cautious and did not modify their responses to novelty. Shy winners became bolder and decreased their latency to approach a novel object, but shy losers also displayed this shift. In comparison, control groups showed no change in behaviour. Bold fishes given negative experiences reduced their boldness which may be an adaptive response; however, shy fishes may base their strategic decisions upon self-assessment of their relative competitive ability and increase their boldness in situations where getting to resources more quickly ensures they outcompete better competitors.}, address = {School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, The BioScience Building, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK.}, author = {Frost, A. J. and Winrow-Giffen, A. and Ashley, P. J. and Sneddon, L. U.}, citeulike-article-id = {1014082}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2006.3751}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17164196}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17164196}, day = {7}, doi = {10.1098/rspb.2006.3751}, issn = {0962-8452}, journal = {Proc Biol Sci}, keywords = {dominance, individual\_differences}, month = {February}, number = {1608}, pages = {333--339}, posted-at = {2006-12-26 02:59:09}, priority = {2}, title = {Plasticity in animal personality traits: does prior experience alter the degree of boldness?}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2006.3751}, volume = {274}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1014082 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1014082 N2 - Theoreticians predict that animal 'personality' traits may be maladaptive if fixed throughout different contexts, so the present study aimed to test whether these traits are fixed or plastic. Rainbow trout (Onchorhyncus mykiss) were given emboldening or negative experiences in the forms of watching bold or shy individuals responding to novelty or winning or losing fights to examine whether prior experience affected boldness. Bold individuals that lost fights or watched shy demonstrators became more shy by increasing their latency to approach a novel object, whereas shy observers that watched bold demonstrators remained cautious and did not modify their responses to novelty. Shy winners became bolder and decreased their latency to approach a novel object, but shy losers also displayed this shift. In comparison, control groups showed no change in behaviour. Bold fishes given negative experiences reduced their boldness which may be an adaptive response; however, shy fishes may base their strategic decisions upon self-assessment of their relative competitive ability and increase their boldness in situations where getting to resources more quickly ensures they outcompete better competitors. IS - 1608 JF - Proc Biol Sci SN - 0962-8452 AD - School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, The BioScience Building, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK. EP - 339 TI - Plasticity in animal personality traits: does prior experience alter the degree of boldness? VL - 274 SP - 333 KW - dominance KW - individual_differences AU - Frost, AJ AU - Winrow-Giffen, A AU - Ashley, PJ AU - Sneddon, LU PY - 2007/02/07/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2006.3751 ER -