Cognitive ecology of surprise in predator-prey interactions
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14750" target="_blank" >10.1111/1365-2435.14750</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Cognitive ecology of surprise in predator-prey interactions
Original language description
In this review, we relate theoretical work on the importance of surprise in cognition to empirical research relevant to surprise in predator–prey interactions.There have been multiple proposals as to how surprise should be defined and quantified in the context of animal cognition, including contributions from associative learning, information theory, Bayesian inference and the recent framework of active inference.We argue that active inference provides a novel and powerful approach to quantifying surprise and advances the field by revealing how proactive behaviour on the part of predators relates to reducing surprise.The active inference framework encompasses both proximate (e.g. neurobiological) and ultimate (evolutionary) aspects of surprise and brings new insights into key aspects of prey defences that exploit predator surprise.We focus on surprise in defences that involve a sudden change in prey appearance (such as deimatic displays), and in defences that increase prey unpredictability (such as variation in chemical defences). We review literature that have investigated these phenomena and connect them to active inference. We also consider how multiple prey defences impact surprise in predators.Finally, we consider the implications of active inference for future studies of predator–prey interactions, illustrate how this approach can be used to quantify surprise in prey defences and predict predator behaviour, and outline key questions that can be addressed within this framework.
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10613 - Zoology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Functional Ecology
ISSN
0269-8463
e-ISSN
1365-2435
Volume of the periodical
39
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
17
Pages from-to
664-680
UT code for WoS article
001405934000001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85216020031