University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, University of Vienna, Medical University of Vienna

1 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Behavior

The Innovation Arena: A Method for Comparing Innovative Problem-Solving Across Groups

Theresa Rössler^1,3, Berenika Mioduszewska^1,4, Mark O’Hara^1,2, Ludwig Huber¹, Dewi M. Prawiradilaga², Alice M. I. Auersperg¹

¹Comparative Cognition, Messerli Research Institute, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, University of Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, ²Research Center for Biology, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), ³Department of Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna, ⁴Max Planck Institute for Ornithology

The Innovation Arena is a novel comparative method for studying technical innovation rate per time unit in animals. It is composed of 20 different problem-solving tasks, which are presented simultaneously. Innovations can be carried out freely and the setup is robust with regard to predispositions on an individual, population or species level.