ScienceDaily Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 New Caledonian crows may understand how to displace water to receive a reward, with the causal understanding level of a 5- to 7-year-old child. Understanding causal relationships between actions is a key feature of human cognition. However, the extent to which non-human animals are capable of understanding causal relationships is not well understood. Scientists used the Aesop's fable riddle -- in which subjects drop stones into water to raise the water level and obtain an out-of reach-reward -- to assess New Caledonian crows' causal understanding of water displacement. Read the full article on ScienceDaily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhysOrg Posted March 26, 2014 Author Share Posted March 26, 2014 New Caledonian crows may understand how to displace water to receive a reward, with the causal understanding level of a 5-7 year-old child, according to results published March 26, 2014, in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Sarah Jelbert from University of Auckland and colleagues. Read the full article on PhysOrg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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