Personality traits affect learning performance in dwarf goats (Capra hircus)

• DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2022.916459
• Publication Date: 2022-07-15T14:46:21Z
• Authors: Marie-Antonine Fi...; Annika Krause; Armin Tuchscherer; Birger Puppe; Jan Langbein
• Keywords: Boldness; Trait

A wide range of species exhibit time- and context-consistent interindividual variation in a number specific behaviors related to an individual's personality. Several studies have shown that individual differences personality-associated behavioral traits impact on cognitive abilities. The aim this study was investigate the relationship between personality learning abilities dwarf goats. behavior 95 goats during repeated open field (OF) novel object test (NO) analyzed, two main components were identified using principal component analysis: