Even pigs can use a joystick

Stefan Mileschin · 3rd March 2021, 09:38

Some of them could be good gamers

A team of boffins took time from their busy schedule curing cancer and coronavirus and taught pigs to use a joystick.

The Purdue University researchers in the US say they have successfully trained four pigs to manipulate a joystick and control a cursor on a monitor.

Purdue University’s Prof Candace Croney said: “Potentially there may be more pigs are capable of learning and understanding and responding to than we have previously envisaged."

Writing in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, Croney and co-author Dr Sarah Boysen report how they used tasty treats to train the pigs to move the joysticks using their snouts while watching a computer screen.

The researchers then presented the quartet with a video game in which the pigs had to use the joystick to manoeuvre a cursor until it collided with one of four wall-like structures on screen. Upon collision, the game made a “bloop” sound and the pig received a treat.

https://fudzilla.com/news/gaming/524...use-a-joystick

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Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 153,575	Even pigs can use a joystick Some of them could be good gamers A team of boffins took time from their busy schedule curing cancer and coronavirus and taught pigs to use a joystick. The Purdue University researchers in the US say they have successfully trained four pigs to manipulate a joystick and control a cursor on a monitor. Purdue University’s Prof Candace Croney said: “Potentially there may be more pigs are capable of learning and understanding and responding to than we have previously envisaged." Writing in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, Croney and co-author Dr Sarah Boysen report how they used tasty treats to train the pigs to move the joysticks using their snouts while watching a computer screen. The researchers then presented the quartet with a video game in which the pigs had to use the joystick to manoeuvre a cursor until it collided with one of four wall-like structures on screen. Upon collision, the game made a “bloop” sound and the pig received a treat. https://fudzilla.com/news/gaming/524...use-a-joystick

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