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Monty Hall and Pigeons

A pigeon
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Last time I was excited about the Monty Hall Problem. Accidentally I read a blog post dealing with pigeons and referring to Herbranson and Schroeder (2010) where the authors analyse the performance of pigeons to solve this puzzle. Compared with former published studies, the pigeons outperform human test candidates. Very fascinating topic. Now I want to see a competition between budgies and pigeons.

References

[Herbranson and Schroeder 2010] WALTER T. HERBRANSON; JULIA SCHROEDER: Are birds smarter than mathematicians? Pigeons Columba livia perform optimally on a version of the Monty Hall Dilemma. In: Journal of Comparative Psychology 124 (2010), Nr. 1, P. 1--13, DOI:10.1037/a0017703

Dieser Eintrag wurde verfasst am Januar 21st, 2012 um 11:55:00 von Stefan Pauleweit und ist abgelegt unter Interjection. Schlagworte: monty hall

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