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Pigeons better at multitasking than humans: study

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2017-09-26

Pigeons are capable of switching between two tasks as quickly as humans – and even more quickly in certain situations. These are the findings of biopsychologists who had performed the same behavioural experiments to test birds and humans. The authors hypothesize that the cause of the slight multitasking advantage in birds is their higher neuronal density.

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https://phys.org/news/2017-09-pigeons-multitasking-humans.html