6.03.2010

Chimp Outsmarts Teens

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Watch Ayumu the chimpanzee tap a sequence of numbers that have been hidden by white boxes.

Kyoto, Japan
Ayumu the chimp probably has a better memory than you do! Ayumu, a chimpanzee at the Primary Research Institute at Kyoto University in  Japan and three other chimps took the same memory test as college students. Numbers were flashed on a white screen, then turned into white squares. Test-takers then had to touch the squares in the correct order. Ayumu outscored the college students and the other chimps!