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Davis Said The Team

The document discusses a study involving dolphins and their ability to complete tasks. Researchers took steps to minimize unconscious cues to the dolphins. Based on the results, it is unlikely the dolphins used human cues. The study provides good evidence that dolphins have episodic memory.

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Davis Said The Team

The document discusses a study involving dolphins and their ability to complete tasks. Researchers took steps to minimize unconscious cues to the dolphins. Based on the results, it is unlikely the dolphins used human cues. The study provides good evidence that dolphins have episodic memory.

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Davis said the team "was aware of the problem, and although it was difficult to eliminate it

entirely," minimized the likelihood that those present during the trial would provide these
unconscious clues. Their "body positions, hand gestures, moments" were fixed and directed to a
point between two possible alternatives. Based on the experimental design and results, he
said, "It is unlikely that [the dolphins] used unintentional [or] unconscious human cues to
complete the task." "It's a good candidate" for having episodic memory, and "this study does a
very good job of showing that." Likely, she says. So her interesting question is: Which animals
have it and which don't, and what cognitive, neurological, or social traits do these animals
share? This makes for "the fun part of the game," she concludes.

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