Guillam E. McIvor

1 Introduction Collaborative behaviours, in which individuals actively coordinate their actions to achieve shared benefits, represent one of the most cognitively demanding forms of cooperation (Duguid and Melis 2020). While many cooperative interactions arise when individuals gain benefits unobtainable alone (Brosnan and de Waal 2002), collaboration requires that partners adjust their actions in relation to one another.

Abstract Social tolerance can enhance access to resources and is thought to be crucial in facilitating the evolution of cooperation, social cognition and culture, but it is unknown whether animals can optimise their social tolerance through learning. We presented wild jackdaws (Corvus monedula) with a novel social information problem using automated feeders: to access food, adults had to inhibit their tendency to displace juveniles and instead show tolerance by occupying an adjacent perch.

Abstract Social tolerance is crucial in facilitating the evolution of cooperation, social cognition and culture, but it is unknown whether animals can optimise their social tolerance through learning. We presented wild jackdaws (Corvus monedula) with a novel social information problem using automated feeders: to access food, adults had to inhibit their tendency to displace juveniles and instead show tolerance by occupying an adjacent perch.