This is evidence, the researchers believe, that young chimps have a photographic memory which allows them to memorise a complex scene or pattern at a glance. This is sometimes present in human children but declines with age, they say.
Amazing!
and not so amazing.
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Chimps beat humans in memory test
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Chimps beat humans in memory test
by roccman » Thu 06 Dec 2007, 23:41:45
"There must be a bogeyman; there always is, and it cannot be something as esoteric as "resource depletion." You can't go to war with that." Emersonbiggins
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Re: Chimps beat humans in memory test
by Bas » Fri 07 Dec 2007, 15:35:30
I saw this on tv a couple of days ago and I was really impressed.
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Re: Chimps beat humans in memory test
by PeakingAroundtheCorner » Sat 08 Dec 2007, 02:10:35
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Bas', 'I') saw this on tv a couple of days ago and I was really impressed.
I saw it too. But I can't remember where.
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