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March 3, 2010

Our results raise the possibility that spontaneous string pulling in New Caledonian crows may not be based on insight but on operant conditioning mediated by a perceptual-motor feedback cycle.

posted by Deron Bauman in animals, intelligence | * | 1 comment

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Dave Vogt on March 4th, 2010 at 4:46 am

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