Thread: Chimps beat humans in memory test

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Chimps beat humans in memory test

Chimpanzees have an extraordinary photographic memory that is far superior to ours, research suggests.


Young chimps outperformed university students in memory tests devised by Japanese scientists.

The tasks involved remembering the location of numbers on a screen, and correctly recalling the sequence.

The findings, published in Current Biology, suggest we may have under-estimated the intelligence of our closest living relatives.
Until now, it had always been assumed that chimps could not match humans in memory and other mental skills.

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I read this earlier but totally forgot about it.

The test was only done with three pairs of chimps, and also it seems to be only the younger ones who all beat the humans, while it says little about the older chimps. As the article also says that younger human children are better at this sort of thing, wouldn't it make sense to test young chimps against young humans?

Originally Posted by caffeine

The test was only done with three pairs of chimps, and also it seems to be only the younger ones who all beat the humans, while it says little about the older chimps. As the article also says that younger human children are better at this sort of thing, wouldn't it make sense to test young chimps against young humans?

good point. It not that hard to outperformed stoned uni students

Originally Posted by johnflesh

I read this earlier but totally forgot about it.

Ok I just realized that this was a joke. Lol!!!

Originally Posted by TenGig

Ok I just realized that this was a joke. Lol!!!

:P

It was, but seriously I did read about this. Very interesting.

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Jay and Silent Bob reference?