The quick are the dead: Pheasants that are slow to reverse a learned association survive for longer in the wild Joah R. Madden*, Ellis J.G. Langley, Mark A. Whiteside, Christine E. Beardsworth, Jayden O. van Horik Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour, Psychology, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4QG, UK *Corresponding Author: j.r.madden@exeter.ac.uk Bird: Arbitrary ID number for each individual Year (when the bird was reared and tested): 1 = 2014, 2 = 2015 Sex: 1 = Male, 2 = Female Mass: Mass when 10 weeks old (g) Fate: 0 = dead within 60 days of release, 1 = alive at least 60 days after release, 2 = fate at 60 days unknown Exploratory behaviour: Component score Feeders visited: The number of feeders that a birds was observed at post release. Feeders only counted if a bird was seen at them >5 times. MCMass: Mean cnetred mass scores used in the GLM (see mass above) MCAcc: Mean centred acqusiition learning speeds MCRev: Mean cnetred reversal learning speeds