FREAK Shots: Bird Critics

A new study by a research team from Tokyo’s Keio University found that pigeons can distinguish between paintings the researchers consider good and bad.

According to a Daily Mail article, one of the researchers said the study “does not deal with advanced artistic judgments, but it shows that pigeons are able to acquire the ability to judge beauty similar to that of humans.”

So should the owner of this car be flattered or dismayed?

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  1. science minded says:

    PS- why do I keep learning the same thing over and over again– just sounds different– I guess the mind does forget such things that it is unwilling to face up to.

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  2. science minded says:

    last point- to be honest, this discovery is not mine- it belongs to Alfred Jones, the psychologist– as previously acknowledged- the concept of the mind as an “organizing principle.” (I believe–in Goldstein, 2001– dissertation written at the Graduate School & University Center, CUNY)

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