Do Goldfish Really Have a 3-Second Memory?
Description: Goldfish have a three-second memory? Wrong. They remember for months.
At the University of Plymouth in England, scientists taught goldfish to press a lever for food, then made the lever work for only one hour a day, at the same time every day. The fish caught on and started pressing right around feeding time. Even when the food stopped completely, they kept showing up at the same hour, for days.
In Japan, scientists played Bach to goldfish, and every time Bach played, there was food. Then they switched to Stravinsky, music the fish had never heard. The fish left the food alone: they could tell two composers apart.
So where did "three seconds" come from? Nobody knows. No study ever found it. People just kept repeating it.
#goldfish #animalfacts #shorts
Music:
"Celebration" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, Movement I (Allegro), BWV 1049" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Changes: excerpted, faded, filtered (a low cut; the Brandenburg band-limited) and lowered under the narration. Close description
At the University of Plymouth in England, scientists taught goldfish to press a lever for food, then made the lever work for only one hour a day, at the same time every day. The fish caught on and started pressing right around feeding time. Even when the food stopped completely, they kept showing up at the same hour, for days.
In Japan, scientists played Bach to goldfish, and every time Bach played, there was food. Then they switched to Stravinsky, music the fish had never heard. The fish left the food alone: they could tell two composers apart.
So where did "three seconds" come from? Nobody knows. No study ever found it. People just kept repeating it.
#goldfish #animalfacts #shorts
Music:
"Celebration" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1900023
"Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, Movement I (Allegro), BWV 1049" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100303
Changes: excerpted, faded, filtered (a low cut; the Brandenburg band-limited) and lowered under the narration. Close description
