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fromArs Technica
1 week ago

Do animals fall for optical illusions? It's complicated.

In both cases, the test subjects were presented with visual stimuli in the form of two white plastic cards. Sizes differed for the doves and the guppies, but each card showed an array of six black circles with a bit of food serving as the center "circle": red millet seeds for the doves and commercial flake food for the guppies.
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fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Gifted Dogs Generalize Words to Items With the Same Function

Gifted word-learning dogs can generalize verbal labels to categorize objects by shared function, not only by perceptual similarity.
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