Katharina Brecht

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🚀 WE ARE HIRING 3️⃣ Independent Group Leaders for #mdcBerlin's new cutting-edge Bioengineering Cluster within our Biomedical Engineering Program.

Lead cutting-edge research at the interface of biology, engineering, and medicine in Berlin.

👉 Apply now: www.mdc-berlin.de/career/jobs/...

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How smart are crows? - Katharina Brecht In one of Aesop’s fables, a crow is searching for water. It spies a pitcher— but the water inside is beyond its reach. So, the crow begins dropping in pebbles. One-by-one, they displace the water, and...

Absolutely thrilled to share my Ted Ed Lesson on corvid cognition and brains ed.ted.com/lessons/how-...

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A crow's math skills include geometry Crows in a lab were able to distinguish shapes that exhibited right angles, parallel lines, and symmetry, suggesting that, like humans, they have a special ability to perceive geometric regularity.

Crows in a lab were able to distinguish shapes that exhibited right angles, parallel lines, and symmetry, suggesting that, like humans, they have a special ability to perceive geometric regularity.

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