Thursday, 28 August 2014

‘Wild Minds: What Animals Really Think’

No one can talk with creatures as the fictional Dr. Doolittle did, but scientists are constantly doing research to find out what’s actually going on inside the beastly brain. This is the last weekend to catch this exhibition at the New York Hall of Science, which compares human and animal cognition. The interactive displays include plastinated human and animal brains; a touch-screen monitor where visitors can observe clips of various species’ behavior and guess whether the activity is instinctive or requires thinking, and then listen to what scientists have to say about it; stations where children can try motor and memory tasks and compare their results with those of other primates; and an exhibit featuring different-sounding dog barks, where listeners can try to discern what each may be trying to convey.





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