I see a major flaw in the generalization from hungry mice solve a maze faster to hungry mice are more intelligent (let alone humans). Supposedly you train the m

I see a major flaw in the generalization from hungry mice solve a maze faster to hungry mice are more intelligent (let alone humans). Supposedly you train the mice to solve a maze by giving them a food reward. It stands to reason that the hungry mice are simply more motivated to get the food reward. If you had given the mice some other kind of reward when they solved the maze (e.g. sex) then the hungry mice may not solve it faster, but sex deprived mice may.