https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/two-crows-took-a-classic-psychology-test-their-decision-making-skills-left-ours-in-the-dustContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/two-crows-took-a-classic-psychology-test-their-decision-making-skills-left-ours-in-the-dusthttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/two-crows-took-a-classic-psychology-test-their-decision-making-skills-left-ours-in-the-dust#u178764Thu, 05 Nov 2026 21:27:14 +0000Two male carrion crows completed a classic psychology task twice as fast as humans and monkeys without losing accuracy. Researchers from the University of Tübingen in Germany found that these birds make decisions based on visual information with greater speed and sharpness than primates. The study suggests that crow brains perform the same decision calculations as monkeys and flies despite lacking a neocortex. This finding challenges previous assumptions that such high-level cognitive processing was unique to primates.Why it mattersCorvids, including ravens and jays, have previously demonstrat