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Re:Crows can perform as well as 7- to 10-year-olds on cause-... by infogulch on Friday July 25, 2014 @03:50PM (#8087263)
Reread parent. The person is spun around so they can't know absolute directions.
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Re:Crows can perform as well as 7- to 10-year-olds on cause-... by jmillikin on Friday July 25, 2014 @04:24PM (#8087441)
When they are first shown the room, they would think to themselves "the food is north of the blue wall". After being spun around they might not know which way is north, but they'll figure it out as soon as they spot the blue wall.
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Re:Crows can perform as well as 7- to 10-year-olds on cause-... by eru on Saturday July 26, 2014 @05:14AM (#8089280)
But what would happen if the researcher spun around the room as well?
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Re:Crows can perform as well as 7- to 10-year-olds on cause-... by jmillikin on Saturday July 26, 2014 @10:59AM (#8089857)
Then their sense of "north" would become decoupled from true geographical north, but would still suffice for navigation within the current reference frame.
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