Parrots are the first animal outside of the great ape family that uses statistical modelling in their decision-making process, researchers say. FMTNews FMTLifestyle
The birds were trained to associate black tokens with a food reward and orange pegs with none. Parrots can learn to choose based on probability, making them the first animal outside of the great ape family that uses statistical modelling in their decision-making process, researchers said Tuesday.
The birds – Blofeld, Bruce, Loki, Neo, Plankton and Taz – were trained to associate black tokens with a food reward and orange pegs with none.The researchers then displayed the pegs in clear jars, with differing ratios of black and orange, picked up one token from each and concealed them in their palms, before offering them to the birds.
“We always knew that they seemed quite intelligent, so we weren’t too surprised to find that they could understand probabilities,” said Amalia Bastos, research assistant at the University of Auckland’s School of Psychology.
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