"Can mammogram-reading pigeons help
train human radiologists? An animal behaviorist weighs in." (Note: The images in the video are pathology slides, not mammography images. Via Doug M.)
Armed with a touchscreen-outfitted training chamber and 16 pigeons,
scientists set out to see if birds could identify malignant and benign
tissue in medical images with their beady little eyes. They trained
pigeons to peck at a monitor after being presented with images from
mammograms. When pigeons correctly pecked a touchscreen button that
corresponded with the category of the image being shown, they were given
food...
