Rats! Rodents seem to make the same logical errors humans do

Humans use mental shortcuts to estimate the likelihood of events and tend to make a logical error called a conjunction fallacy, in which two events occurring simultaneously is thought to be more likely than one occurring alone. This logical error has long been thought unique to humans, but a new study shows that rats make the same mistakes. This could make rats good research models for studying psychopathological conditions characterized by false beliefs or the perception of nonexistent events, like schizophrenia and certain anxiety disorders.

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