Chimpanzee Memory Test

Play and try to beat the chimp: http://games.lumosity.com/chimp.html (I'm not affiliated with that site)

What really sets us apart from our cousins? Our wonderful memory?

No, not that, either.

This video illustrates that our ape cousins far exceed us in short term memory recall skills. A chimp is shown memorizing numbers with remarkable accuracy at lightning speed.

An amazing bit of footage from the National Geographic documentary "Human Ape".

More Information:
► http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7124156.stm
► http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/human-ape-3173/Overview

Citation:
Inoue, S. and Matsuzaka, T., (2007). Working memory of numerals in chimpanzees. Current Biology 17 No. 23:R1004-5 (doi:10.1016/j.cub.2007.10.027)
► http://www.psy.ed.ac.uk/events/Inoue%20and%20Matsuzawa%202007%20CB%20PDF%20De...

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NOTE: The accuracy of the findings presented in this video, and this study itself, has been disputed.
See the links below for more information:
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Paper: Silberberg, A, & Kearns, D. (2009). Memory for the order of briefly presented numerals in humans as a function of practice . Animal Cognition, 12(2), 405-407.
► http://www.springerlink.com/content/h842v2702r60u481/

Letter: Cook, P, & Wilson, M. (2010). In practice, chimp memory study flawed. Science, 328(5983), 1228.
► http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/citation/328/5983/1228-c?ijkey=d814b702...

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[GhostForces77]

Lol the kids had to be asian

[tehinfidel]

@GhostForces77 Yeah, given the experiment was done in Japan, I'm so surprised that they weren't Norwegian.

[96bornthisway]

half a raisin? lmao!

[ReaperyU]

1:02 HERE LOOK AT MY ASS

[DoctorSmurfo]

PLANET OF THE APES

[GhostForces77]

@Eternal1Truth Why are you so hateful?

[GhostForces77]

@tehinfidel Lol, well sorry, i wasn't looking at the humans.

[Eternal1Truth]

@GhostForces77

DUMBASS.

[colinwar]

the chimp dosnt recognize the objects as numbers, it just sees objects that he recognizes as images which is easier to commit to short term memory, than if you recognize them as a sequential set of data. just my dumb human theory, but it makes some sense, try a human with the same experiment only elementary and unfamiliar objects, and of course some practice that would probably show comparable results.

[steddyeddy01]

remembering like a boss!

[takasi0223]

god