Symbolic representation and working memory in chimpanzees

Do we underestimate chimpanzees? Do we overestimate ourselves? See this video for yourself.

The 179th meeting of the AAAS was held in 14-18 Feb 2013 in Boston, USA.
This video clip was open to the public in the symposium of
"Breakthroughs in our understanding of primate cognition and pyshopathology".
The speaker is Tetsruo Matsuzawa, PRI, Kyoto University.
For further information, please visit http://www.pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ai/


2月14-18日に米国ボストンで第179回米国科学会が開催されました。
松沢哲郎教授による講演で使用されたビデオを公開します。

アイ・アユムおよび松沢哲郎教授らによる研究プロジェクトの情報は
京都大学霊長類研究所のWEBページ「チンパンジー・アイとそのなかまたち(http://www.pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ai/index...)」でご覧いただけます。

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[timpeteeundwir]

IN YOUR FACE, HUMANS

[JoePescisBoss]

so this is how the apes take over the earth

motherfucker

[buciallstar]

muscle memory only helps by repeating the same task, like pressing buttons in the same order. But in this test, the positions of the buttons move, so you cannot just repeat the same movement

[guestyour]

how human made them understand order of numbers?

[PirateJessicaandcats]

I like how the guy was washing the chimp down, and she's like "I'll groom you too" xD

[Squee505]

It's amazing.

[mozartjpn137]

When Ai was much younger, she stole the key and escaped from the cage. The funny thing is that she also helped an Orangutan to open his cage, and she was accompanied by the Orangutan when they were found.

[mozartjpn137]

Ai is smarter than I.

[126Benji]

lets kill them !

[Alfred Mayer]

This is only a fraction of their cognitive abilities. while chimps understand man made symbols, people don't understand chimps. Imho this is clearly a victory for the chimps.

[THROUGHTHOUGT]

amazing ...!!

[AssimoF]

Yeah, the cage part is questionable, but they know they get treats so they choose to go there.