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study: chimpanzees have better memory for numbers than college studentshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=131&Focus=3766#Comment_37662007-12-03T22:28:22-08:002013-05-26T00:03:20-07:00Mark Seiferthttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3
If the existential malaise of yet another Monday hasn't already got you down, here's something more: chimpanzees are probably better than you at math.
If the existential malaise of yet another Monday hasn't already got you down, here's something more: chimpanzees are probably better than you at math.]]>
study: chimpanzees have better memory for numbers than college studentshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=131&Focus=3773#Comment_37732007-12-03T22:36:36-08:002013-05-26T00:03:20-07:00muse hickhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=483
i am not surprised. some days i can barely work out how many fingers i have
study: chimpanzees have better memory for numbers than college studentshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=131&Focus=3780#Comment_37802007-12-03T22:54:29-08:002013-05-26T00:03:20-07:00Vespershttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=554
Is anyone really suprised? I mean, ever since they invented calculators, people haven't had reason to be good at numbers. Chimps have more reason; counting the days until they revolt and take over ...
study: chimpanzees have better memory for numbers than college studentshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=131&Focus=3791#Comment_37912007-12-03T23:12:23-08:002013-05-26T00:03:20-07:00Arianahttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1
Mark, first cancer, now an ape-driven inferiority complex... we may need to find you some more cheerful evening reading material!
study: chimpanzees have better memory for numbers than college studentshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=131&Focus=3826#Comment_38262007-12-04T00:36:20-08:002013-05-26T00:03:20-07:00Mark Seiferthttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3
Haha. That's probably true, Ariana. I must learn to accept science, not fear it!
study: chimpanzees have better memory for numbers than college studentshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=131&Focus=3827#Comment_38272007-12-04T00:43:41-08:002013-05-26T00:03:20-07:00David xvx Luddhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1059
After tutoring kids in maths...I'm really, really not surprised.
This was on the TV news here. At the end, the announcer said "scientists are still coming up with theories as to why this ...
This was on the TV news here. At the end, the announcer said "scientists are still coming up with theories as to why this is...one is that chimpanzees are more excited by peanuts." HaHA. Sigh.]]>
study: chimpanzees have better memory for numbers than college studentshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=131&Focus=3846#Comment_38462007-12-04T02:56:55-08:002013-05-26T00:03:20-07:00Carnadinehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=56
That's interesting. Is it biological (as the article seems to imply) or ontogenetic? Why would chimpanzees need better short-term memory than humans?
study: chimpanzees have better memory for numbers than college studentshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=131&Focus=3855#Comment_38552007-12-04T03:25:21-08:002013-05-26T00:03:20-07:00Arianahttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1
It doesn't actually look like it's better memory, though -- it looks like it's faster response time. I just scanned the article (hah) but it looks like when the numbers were up for longer, chimps ...
memory, though -- it looks like it's faster response time. I just scanned the article (hah) but it looks like when the numbers were up for longer, chimps and humans had similar scores. It wasn't until they shortened the time available to process the information that the humans fell behind.
And I'd be willing to bet that none of the test students were gamers.]]>
study: chimpanzees have better memory for numbers than college studentshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=131&Focus=3924#Comment_39242007-12-04T06:33:42-08:002013-05-26T00:03:20-07:00Mark Seiferthttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3
And I'd be willing to bet that none of the test students were gamers.
Perhaps that's the next stage of the chimpanzee vs college student challenge:
And I'd be willing to bet that none of the test students were gamers.
Perhaps that's the next stage of the chimpanzee vs college student challenge:
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study: chimpanzees have better memory for numbers than college studentshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=131&Focus=4042#Comment_40422007-12-04T10:39:54-08:002013-05-26T00:03:20-07:00Carnadinehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=56
Ariana: You're right; "short term memory" isn't the right term - but I don't think "response time" is quite it either. What the experiment measures is the ability to absorb a ...
I notice that they only talk about one chimpanzee here, the one that's particularly good at the test. They don't mention how the other chimps did, which rather decreases the value of the information in the article. I wonder how well the average chimp would do against an average human.]]>
study: chimpanzees have better memory for numbers than college studentshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=131&Focus=4048#Comment_40482007-12-04T10:45:46-08:002013-05-26T00:03:20-07:00oldhathttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75
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