Chimpanzee Cognition: Beats humans at memory task

Ayumu, a young Chimpanzee has learned the order of the arabic numerals, and outperforms humans on a short-term memory task.

Wikipedia:
A 30-year study at Kyoto Universitys Primate Research Institute has shown that chimps are able to learn to recognize the numbers 1-9 and their values. The chimps further show an aptitude for photographic memory, demonstrated in experiments in which the jumbled digits 1-9 are flashed onto a computer screen for less than a quarter of a second, after which the chimp, Ayumu, is able to correctly and quickly point to the positions where they appeared in ascending order. The same experiment was failed by world memory champion Ben Pridmore on most attempts.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Ayumu
• Chipanzee
• Intelligence
• Memory
• Counting
• Cognition

[jephboy]

Chimps are pretty smart. It's only a matter of time before they have more Facebook friends than any of us.

[ANormalGuy]

Two things to note:

If I were to do that for 1 year and nothing else devoting myself to that one skill from young, I don't think I would fare worst.

Another thing, probably cause they are past their prime but those guys weren't very good lol

[ANormalGuy]

@DanNGC2770 I mean I give you that you were trying to be a smart alec and all giving a witty comment, but use your brain.

[ANormalGuy]

@DanNGC2770 Which? That if I devoted myself to one skill I would do well? So whats your point? I think if you were human if you devote yourself you would do well. Why do you have to be a chimp?

Seriously, you arent making any sense. Try asking yourself that question. What I am saying is chimps are smart but they arent smarter than humans.

[amogliazzuri]

Fascinating

[DanNGC2770]

@ANormalGuy That point would be valid if you were also a chimp

[ShereKhan77]

@jephboy i have to even let you know you get a thumbs down from me with that fb crap.

[ShereKhan77]

im under the belief that we may be some of the most dumb creatures on the planet to suggest that other creaturs cannot learn our ways,BUT in return i will say biuld a house with no tools....travel a few hundred miles without a car.we are useless......face it.stick a price fighter in a ring with a half assed primate,i can gautentee the primate will eat the human.then why now train a ape to actually kill man??? or would that be wrong? i mean you lock it in a cage....you lock our own in cages....

[pinotte23]

@sacredheartu

You did look the whole video, did you? 1st the chimp can recall the order and you will tell me you can see the pixel trail when there is a box of pixel over each number? It could be possible in the 1st test but not in the second one and you call us dummies? Obviously you are smarter than a makake but not a chimp ;)))

[BaldingEagle51]

The plexi cover is there in case the chimp gets the answer wrong and goes bananas.

[sacredheartu]

The Cimp is NOT remembering; DUMMIES he is seeing the screen trails; try using 2 screens without numbers being displayed on one of them then switch screens. Then see if the chimp remembers - he won't!

the chimp can see the PIXAL TRAILS of LIght! I can see the trails myself only some people can see refresh rates and pixal trails. 99% of people can't see 60hz screens I can... most don't and after time using it will give you a headache !!!!

[danielfiori]

@IndoctrineWho In my country, Brazil, we will have it : )