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It has been suggested that rank on the social dominance order is related to “intelligence” or the ability to learn of the domestic chicken. When dominance is assessed by pair comparison procedures and learning is measured by performance in a 3 cul-maze in Rhode Island Reds raised either communally or in social isolation for any of three durations (15, 30, or 81 days), dominance rank is unrelated to learning ability.
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1. Work performed under MH 06988-04 from the National Insitute of Mental Health, U. S. Public Health Service, to the first author.
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Candland, D.K., Conklyn, D.H. Social dominance and learning in the domestic chicken. Psychon Sci 11, 247–248 (1968). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03327683
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