Why Did Consciousness Evolve? Exciting Research on Bird Brains

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Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about consciousness in birds
Links:
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article/380/1939/20240308/235178/Conscious-birdsConscious-birds
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article/380/1939/20240314/235161/Three-types-of-phenomenal-consciousness-and-their

0:00 Consciousness and birds
2:09 What is consciousness though? 3 Levels explained
4:15 Link to pain and animals
5:00 Why were birds believed to not have conscious mind?
6:00 Brain bird differences and evolution
8:05 How can we tell they're conscious? Tests and experiments
9:15 Magpie test
9:30 Pigeons and chickens!
10:50 Even ants?!
12:20 Complex behavior
13:00 Brain parts responsible for bird consciousness
14:05 What this suggests
15:55 This is an evolutionary advantage!
17:00 Conclusions

#consciousness #science #birds

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