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24 May, 2006

Pigeons think in logarithms

Pigeons are smart. If you disbelieve, here's one thing to check out: news from New Scientist online about pigeons' categorization of segments of time. Their behavior 'conforms neatly' to the logarithmic model (which may also characterize some kinds of human thought).
Posted by AmyFou at 9:44 AM

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