Get the latest Science News and Discoveries

Study: Even after learning the right idea, humans and animals still seem to test other approaches


People and animals alike may share an inherent propensity to keep updating their approach to a task even when they've already learned how they should approach it, and even if the deviations sometimes lead to unnecessary error, according to new MIT research.

None

Get the Android app

Or read this on r/EverythingScience

Read more on:

Photo of Animals

Animals

Photo of approaches

approaches

Photo of Study

Study

Related news:

News photo

Morning coffee may lower risk of heart disease-related death: « The study found that people who drank coffee in the morning had a lower risk of dying from cardiovascular disease and had a lower mortality risk than all-day coffee consumers. »

News photo

Yogurt Shows Great Potential Against Colon Cancer, Study Reveals

News photo

Study reveals Arabia's rainfall was five times more extreme 400 years ago - EurekAlert