June 4, 2014

Crows’ memories are made of this



Tübingen researchers discover neurons allowing crows to remember short-term – although their brains are different from ours

An important prerequisite for intelligence is a good short-term memory which can store and process the information needed for ongoing processes. This “working memory” is a kind of mental notepad – without it, we could not follow a conversation, do mental arithmetic, or play any simple game.