A Cephalopod Has Passed a Cognitive Test Designed for Human Children

Re:A Cephalopod Has Passed a Cognitive Test Designed for Hum... by goodcanadian on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @09:52AM (#26329041)

From the article:

Some primates can delay gratification, along with dogs, albeit inconsistently. Corvids, too, have passed the marshmallow test.

Having had a couple of human children, I would definitely not claim that they are anything but extremely clever, but then so are many primates, dogs, and corvids.

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Re:A Cephalopod Has Passed a Cognitive Test Designed for Hum... by emilecantin on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @10:46AM (#26329875)

Yes. Children are literally little humans. They have enormous brainpower, they just lack the experience they need to use it properly.

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Re:A Cephalopod Has Passed a Cognitive Test Designed for Hum... by rbanffy on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @10:57AM (#26330067)

That and their brains are insanely malleable. As someone who contemplated learning Irish as an adult, I have to say that their brains can do things ours simply can't.

And I learned Hungarian (and Portuguese) as a kid.

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Re:A Cephalopod Has Passed a Cognitive Test Designed for Hum... by OrbitRock on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @02:22PM (#26333089)

Adults can actually learn language much more quickly then children in my opinion.

The only issue is that there’s a critical window in there that shapes your accent.

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