Do pigeons follow the Law of Effect? A new study reveals that pigeons maintain behavioral variability even when rewarded for ...

A new study shows pigeons keep exploring even when every choice earns a reward, challenging long-held ideas about how habits ...

If you were rewarded for following a particular pattern of behavior, wouldn't you keep doing it? The answer turns out to be ...

University of Iowa researchers have learned that animals may keep their options open even when they know a single choice will ...

There's something magnetic about a group of people looking in the same direction—others will follow their gazes to see what has caught their attention. But is the same true for animals like pigeons?

The bird has never gotten much credit for being intelligent. But the reinforcement learning powering the world’s most advanced AI systems is far more pigeon than human. In 1943, while the world’s ...