RealFeedApp Neurons in carrion crow brain accumulate visual evidence over time
Researchers from the University of Tübingen recorded crow brain activity while solving a random-dot-motion task. Despite lacking a neocortex, crows use the same mathematical logic as primates to make decisions.
- Field
- the brain and neuroscience
- What they did
- Scientists recorded crow brain activity while performing a motion-detection task identical to the one used with monkeys, finding that birds make decisions twice as fast as mammals.
- Why it matters
- This helps explain how avian brains, which lack a neocortex, encode decisions and process visual information, offering insights into decision-making across different brain structures.
#crow#neocortex#decision making#random-dot-motion task#andreas nieder
