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Social transmission of food preference is a more ethological variant of the delayed match to sample task, showcasing context-dependent decision-making. Initially, a mouse meets a conspecific with a breath scent of an unfamiliar fruit, either a banana (C = 0) or a strawberry (C = 1). Subsequently, it finds two new fruitsa banana (S = 0) and a strawberry (S = 1). Informed by the prior interaction, the mouse's choice is steered by the social transmission of food preference, leaning toward the fruit it detected earlier.

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