A. Kacelnik

Do goldfish like to be informed?

The paper tests whether goldfish prefer informative over non-informative choices in a reinforcement learning task, finding they do not, unlike mammals and birds.

GoFish: A low-cost, open-source platform for closed-loop behavioural experiments on fish

GoFish enables automated, low-cost behavioural experiments on fish with real-time tracking, stimuli presentation, and closed-loop control, demonstrating its use in discrimination learning studies.

Uncertainty avoidance versus conditioned reinforcement: exploring paradoxical choice in rats

This study investigates why rats prefer information-giving options despite no functional benefit, finding that both uncertainty reduction and conditioned reinforcement influence their choices.

Imprinting on time-structured acoustic stimuli in ducklings

This study shows that day-old Mallard ducklings imprint on the temporal structure of acoustic stimuli and generalize this timing information to novel sounds when imprinted with natural calls.