SciShow | Can Pigeons Really Read

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SciShow: You may have heard about a study that found pigeons can visually recognize what printed words look like. Does that mean these birds can read? Interested in exploring at the marvelous natural world around us? Check out another Complexly production, Nature League, hosted be Brit Garner. Here’s a link to their “Best of” playlist for a taste of what to expect: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZftFO1i4jNijeKInnCZXTYg9l3HVlbXl Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at https://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman. Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2016/09/13/1607870113 http://science.sciencemag.org/content/336/6078/245 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0956797612474322 https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/phonology https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/psychology/semantic-processing https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3108014/ https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/teachingresources/discipline/english/literacy/readingviewing/Pages/litfocuswordmorph.aspx https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17964253?dopt=Abstract http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/226/levels-of-processing-the-effects-of-orthographic-phonologic-and-semantic-processing-on-memory https://www.asha.org/Practice-Portal/Clinical-Topics/Written-Language-Disorders/Phonological-Processing/ http://www.pitt.edu/~perfetti/PDF/Morphological%20processes%20Verhoeven.pdf Image Sources: https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/trhee-pigeon-bird-friend-sad-story-on-white-background-gm920979318-252993331 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/astonished-guinea-baboon-gm1094476134-293748003 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/cartoon-pigeon-city-dove-bird-flying-pigeons-and-town-birds-doves-isolated-vector-gm1089678594-292317658 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/modern-vector-digital-devices-with-blank-screens-gm960048392-262169134 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/blank-monitor-with-backlight-gm618936144-107824511 https://www.videoblocks.com/video/the-nice-little-school-boy-in-glasses-reading-funny-a-book-drinks-drink-with-the-red-cup-while-sitting-on-the-floor-in-white-indoor-he-dressed-yellow-blouse-plaid-shirt-and-dark-pants-slow-motion-sc15w01kgjejr8lmb https://www.videoblocks.com/video/footage-of-a-person-leafing-through-a-quran-sf-zon5nxix1x6jel https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14727429586/
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