How evolutionary history shapes recognition mechanisms.

@article{ryan_01_how, abstract = {Evolutionary psychologists have emphasized the importance of natural selection in shaping cognitive functions, but historical contingency has not received direct study. This is crucial because in response to selection, complex traits tend to be fine-tuned or jury-rigged rather than totally reconstructed. We hypothesize that the neural and cognitive strategies an animal employs in signal recognition are influenced by the strategies used by its ancestors. The responses of female t\'{u}ngara frogs to ancestral calls and to calls of other closely related species are influenced by history. By training artificial neural networks with a series of calls that mimic the species' past history of call evolution or various control histories, we have shown that only networks that evolved through the mimetic history predict the response biases of t\'{u}ngara frogs.}, address = {Section of Integrative Biology C0930, University of Texas, 78712, Austin, TX, USA}, author = {Ryan, M. J. and Phelps, S. M. and Rand, A. S. }, citeulike-article-id = {3003155}, issn = {1364-6613}, journal = {Trends in cognitive sciences}, keywords = {evolution, sex, song}, month = {April}, number = {4}, pages = {143--148}, pdf = {ryan\_01\_how.pdf}, posted-at = {2008-07-15 13:47:47}, priority = {2}, title = {How evolutionary history shapes recognition mechanisms.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11287267}, volume = {5}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - ryan_01_how L3 - citeulike-article-id:3003155 TI - How evolutionary history shapes recognition mechanisms. JF - Trends in cognitive sciences VL - 5 IS - 4 SP - 143 EP - 148 AD - Section of Integrative Biology C0930, University of Texas, 78712, Austin, TX, USA SN - 1364-6613 N2 - Evolutionary psychologists have emphasized the importance of natural selection in shaping cognitive functions, but historical contingency has not received direct study. This is crucial because in response to selection, complex traits tend to be fine-tuned or jury-rigged rather than totally reconstructed. We hypothesize that the neural and cognitive strategies an animal employs in signal recognition are influenced by the strategies used by its ancestors. The responses of female túngara frogs to ancestral calls and to calls of other closely related species are influenced by history. By training artificial neural networks with a series of calls that mimic the species' past history of call evolution or various control histories, we have shown that only networks that evolved through the mimetic history predict the response biases of túngara frogs. KW - evolution KW - sex KW - song AU - Ryan, MJ AU - Phelps, SM AU - Rand, AS PY - 2001/April/01/ UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11287267 ER -