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Pigeons can beat humans at waiting for rewards

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Avian brains are spectacularly equipped to handle behavioral reinforcement models. In laboratory setups measuring how long an organism will wait for varying sizes of food pellets, pigeons calculate delayed gratification arrays with startling efficiency. They routinely outscore human subjects who allow emotional frustration and boredom to thoroughly corrupt their otherwise strictly rational waiting strategies.

Pigeons can beat humans at waiting for rewards
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