Elephants Show Talent for Resisting Impulses
The elephants resisted a visible but ineffective route to food and quickly adjusted when the opening changed, researchers said.
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The Independent (US)Scientists surprised to find Asian elephants can resist impulses, plan and act
Research could help develop effective strategies to avoid human-elephant conflict
Elephants Show Talent for Resisting Impulses
In experiments in Thailand, Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) learned to ignore an enticing but ineffective route to food and quickly adapted when a familiar solution stopped working. The post Elephants Show Talent for Resisting Impulses appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
To evaluate this behavior, the team subjected sixteen Asian elephants to tests at the National Elephant Institute in Thailand.
Are elephants stubbornly grasping for visible food or do they choose the wiser detour? Researchers prove that the animals also suppress impulses and flexibly rethink them. Knowledge could become important for living with humans.
Asian elephants can resist impulsive behavior, researchers find
Researchers at the CUNY Graduate Center and Hunter College have found that Asian elephants can suppress impulsive behaviors and adjust their actions when circumstances change—a cognitive ability that may help explain the animals' sophisticated problem-solving skills and social behavior.
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