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SUBMITTER: Boeckle M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7735258 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Boeckle M M Schiestl M M Frohnwieser A A Gruber R R Miller R R Suddendorf T T Gray R D RD Taylor A H AH Clayton N S NS
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20201104 1938
The ability to plan for future events is one of the defining features of human intelligence. Whether non-human animals can plan for specific future situations remains contentious: despite a sustained research effort over the last two decades, there is still no consensus on this question. Here, we show that New Caledonian crows can use tools to plan for specific future events. Crows learned a temporal sequence where they were (a) shown a baited apparatus, (b) 5 min later given a choice of five ob ...[more]