Nature Communications (Dec 2020)

Brain morphology predicts social intelligence in wild cleaner fish

  • Zegni Triki,
  • Yasmin Emery,
  • Magda C. Teles,
  • Rui F. Oliveira,
  • Redouan Bshary

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20130-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The causes and consequences of social intelligence are challenging to establish. A study on wild cleaner fish reports that large forebrains enable individuals to score higher in a social competence test, suggesting forebrain size is important for complex social decision-making.