Resource: Testing Intelligence
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Length: 2m 01s
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Ravens have been long recognized as one of the most intelligent birds. In this video segment from Nature, zoologist Bernd Heinrich of the University of Vermont puts these clever creatures to the test in an experiment that determines if they could learn to distinguish between strings bearing food and strings bearing rocks and modify their behavior based on their understanding.
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Loading reviews...Teachers' Domain, Testing Intelligence, published November 18, 2008, retrieved on ,
http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/nat08.living.reg.resou.testintel/
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Print Background EssayThe traditional view of birds was that they simply acted by a set of inherited instincts, but new scientific research is revealing a larger role for complex cognitive processes in their behavior, including communication, counting, memory, and basic problem solving. Ravens, known as the brainiest of all birds, demonstrate several of these commonly accepted indicators of animal intelligence.
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Major corporate support for the Nature collection was provided by Canon U.S.A. and SC Johnson. Additional support was provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the nation’s public television stations.