Crows Make Visual Decisions Twice as Fast as Humans, Study Finds

Two carrion crows made visual decisions in an average of <b>235 milliseconds</b> during experiments at the University of Tübingen. The birds identified the direction of moving dots and responded with their choice, while maintaining high accuracy. Researchers Philipp Schmidbauer and Professor Andreas Nieder of the university’s Institute of Neurobiology conducted the study. The findings, published in the journal <b>Science</b>, report that the crows made these decisions twice as quickly as humans and monkeys. The research offers insight into how bird brains process visual information and make decisions.