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Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Even cockatoos draw conclusions

If there is a certain pool of choices and we can exclude A and B, we can easily deduce that C must be the appropriate choice. The ability of animals to be able to solve this has been the focus of many studies in recent comparative cognitive research. A team of researchers have now found a method to test if Goffin cockatoos have the ability to infer by exclusion.

from Strange & Offbeat News -- ScienceDaily http://ift.tt/1hePgul
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