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PigeonArt By Aaron Blaisdell. PigeonArt was born when Darwin, a pigeon in Dr. Blaisdell's Comparative Cognition Lab, spontaneously opened the Paint App and produced his first artistic creation. We used that serendipitous discovery to pivot to the study of how pigeons generate digital art. We've certainly learned a lot along the way. The pigeons are great teachers! The pigeons' art studio is a touchscreen-equipped operant chamber. Our team developed an art app for the pigeons to create art. The pigeons can peck at the screen and leave digital marks. The marks vary in color, shape, and line width. Our artists create art out of the sheer joy of it, and receive no food or other extrinsic reward ...View all