Emma Collins, Liz Ditzel
Standardised Holographic Patients: An Evaluation of Their Role in Developing Clinical Reasoning Skills
Studies in health technology and informatics
inferential reasoningassociating visible consequence imagined eventhas demonstrated several bird species captivity studies tested wild birds ecologically relevant contexts investigate inferential reasoning greater ani cooperatively breeding cuckoo several females lay eggs one nest prior laying first egg female removes eggs already laid females shared nest laying first egg however female stops removing eggs presumably order avoid accidentally rejecting anis using inferential reasoning track fate eggs communal nest egg ejection governed noncognitive determinants experimentally removed eggs twofemale nests females laid least one egg used video recording verify females viewed empty nest waited one female laid egg nest video recorded behavior female yet relaid b predicted capable inferential reasoning female b infer new egg could remove five five females tested failed make inference suggesting egg removal either determined females reproductive status amount time elapsed egg removal relaying apparent cognitive constraint may implications evolutionary stability anis unusual breeding system