Pigeons have been trained to correctly spot malignant breast tumors by means of
A) classical conditioning.
B) spontaneous recovery.
C) operant conditioning.
D) modeling.

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Pigeons have been trained using operant conditioning to peck at images of mammograms that contain malignant tumors, in order to receive food rewards. This suggests that they can be trained to accurately identify such tumors through this type of conditioning.

Pigeons Have Been Trained to Correctly Spot Malignant Breast Tumors