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Department of Psychology

Magic and the Jays' mind

The Christmas Special of the New Scientist is bringing the research on Magic and the Jays where it is highlighted that the birds can be tricked with some Magic acts. See the article "What doing magic tricks for birds is revealing about animal minds"

Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25233654-000-what-doing-magic-tricks-for-birds-is-revealing-about-animal-minds/#ixzz7FrQdN8Dze

This research is led by Professor Clive Wilkins (artist in residence) and Professor Nicola Clayton along with PhD student Eli Garcia-Pelegrin and post-doc and Royal Society Newton fellow Dr Alex Schnell.

 

The New Scientist also published a video explaining the work.