Team hopes findings will help improve equine welfare after showing cognitive abilities include being ‘goal-directed’

  • tastysnacks
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    3 months ago

    Why is that important? If you want to separate the two, the strategy is obvious.

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      3 months ago

      thinking tactically is short term, thinking strategically is long-term, especially with the “plan ahead” in the title

      nothing about the test described in the article implies that horses are capable of doing that though

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        3 months ago

        Your definition and the articles definition is different. Yours is long term, the articles is “goal directed”.