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dantheclamman to Not The OnionEnglish · 2 days ago

Pigeons live ‘at the edge of chaos,’ researchers confirm

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Pigeons live ‘at the edge of chaos,’ researchers confirm

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dantheclamman to Not The OnionEnglish · 2 days ago
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Pigeons seem to defy a century-old psychology law about how rewards and consequences help us learn
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    There is still plenty of selection pressure. However, there has been even more artificial selection. Darwin was actually fascinated by domestic pigeons and studied them intensively https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3288640/

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