Very few animals can combine information to adjust their predictions in a flexible way by using domain-general intelligence as humans do. In episode 74, Amalia Bastos from the University of Auckland discusses her research demonstrating that kea parrots can make predictions based in probabilities, and adjust those predictions based on physical and social information. Her open-access article “Kea show three signatures of domain-general statistical inference” was published on March 3, 2020 with Alex Taylor in the journal Nature Communications.

Parroting Probabilities - Amalia Bastos
Parroting Probabilities - Amalia Bastos
Parroting Probabilities - Amalia Bastos Parroting Probabilities - Amalia Bastos
{{svg_share_icon}}
Click bottom of waveform to add your comments


 

Websites and other resources

 
Select media and press
 

 

 

Bonus Clips

🔊 Access bonus content here.

Support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime.

We’re not a registered tax-exempt organization, so unfortunately gifts aren’t tax deductible.

Hosts / Producers

Doug Leigh & Ryan Watkins

How to Cite

Leigh, D., Watkins, R., & Bastos, A.. (2020). Parsing Science – Parroting Probabilities. doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12307394

Music

What’s The Angle? by Shane Ivers

Photo of Amalia

Neil Silverwood

Transcript

Coming soon!