New chickadee research finds cognitive skills impact lifespan
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Western animal behaviour and cognition researcher Carrie Branch and her collaborators at University of Oklahoma and University of Nevada, Reno tracked the spatial cognition and lifespan of 227 mountain chickadees for more than a decade. They found the birds with better spatial learning and memory abilities lived longer.
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Original Title: Chickadee research finds cognitive skills impact lifespan: Study finds birds with better spatial learning and memory abilities (when it came to understanding their surroundings and food storing or caching strategies) live longer.