E. A. Diffine, A. A. Smirnova, “Investigating the cognitive abilities of hooded crows using a set of tasks based on the aesop test”, Intelligent systems. Theory and applications, 2022, Volume 26, Issue 1,Pages <nobr>294

Part 7. Neuromorphic artificial intelligence and cognitive systems

Investigating the cognitive abilities of hooded crows using a set of tasks based on the aesop test

E. A. Diffine^a, A. A. Smirnova^b

^a Institute for Advanced Brain Studies at the Lomonosov Moscow State University
^b Lomonosov Moscow State University, the Faculty of Biology, Department of Higher Nervous Activity

Abstract: The Aesop's test assesses the ability to catch bait floating on the surface of the water in a narrow cylinder out of reach by placing drowning objects in it. We investigated the ability of hooded crows with a modified version of this test (with five types of cylinders and two types of objects) spontaneously and after training with one cylinder and one object.

Keywords: Aesop's fable paradigm, understanding cause-and-effect relationships, tool-use, hooded crows.