{"id":176241,"date":"2021-02-11T19:57:35","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T16:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/pigs-can-play-video-games-says-peer-reviewed-study-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2021-02-11T19:57:35","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T16:57:35","slug":"pigs-can-play-video-games-says-peer-reviewed-study-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pigs-can-play-video-games-says-peer-reviewed-study-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"#Pigs Can Play Video Games, Says Peer-Reviewed Study \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Pigs Can Play Video Game<\/a>s, Says Peer-Reviewed Study \u2013 Review Geek”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hamlet (or maybe Omelette) is a bit of a retro gamer. Eston Martz\/Pennsylvania State University<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pigs won\u2019t be flying anytime soon, but they could soar through the virtual skies of Flight Simulator<\/em>. A peer-reviewed study published in the Frontiers of Psychology<\/a> is the first to confirm that pigs can play, comprehend, and enjoy video games\u2014even without a food reward.<\/p>\n

Research into video game-playing pigs began in the 90s, when Candace Croney, author of the study and director of Purdue University\u2019s Center for Animal Welfare Science<\/a>, teamed up with pig researcher Stanley Curtis. The pair stuck two Yorkshire pigs in front of a Pong<\/em>-like game designed for chimps, encouraging the animals (named Hamlet and Omelette) to control a joystick with their snout.<\/p>\n

Both pigs were nearsighted and required some accommodations to see the computer screen. But the pigs learned the game quickly, achieving over 70% accuracy by the end of the study. Candace Croney states that Hamlet and Omelette continued to play without food rewards (the machine that dispensed rewards broke), and would intentionally trot toward the game after begging to be the first out of their pen.<\/p>\n