Crows can evaluate visual info twice as fast as mammals
The task has shown that in the primate neocortex, neurons gather visual evidence over time, with their firing rates climbing until they cross a threshold…
According to Ars Technica, the task has shown that in the primate neocortex, neurons gather visual evidence over time, with their firing rates climbing until they cross a threshold, when the animal commits to a decision.
But avian brains that don’t have a neocortex, so it wasn’t obvious how they made similar decisions.
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