http://www.bartgdev.com/articles/2007/12/04/dumb-as-a-chimp-you-wish en-us 40 <b>Dev</b>eloping well <b>dev</b>ised applications <p> Researchers in Japan have found that chimps have better short term memory then humans. Most people, including some biologists and psychiatrists, believe that human cognitive skills are far better then that of any primate, but according to the research <a href="http://www.pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ai/index-E.htm"><img style="float: right; padding: 5px;" src="http://www.pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ai/video/video_library/project/Am-Mask9-2.gif"/></a> of <a href="http://www.pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/koudou-shinkei/shikou/staff/matsuzaw/index.html">Dr. Tetsuro Matsuzawa</a> of the <a href="http://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/">Kyoto University</a> in Japan, this is not the case. Dr. Matsuzawa's results will be published in the <a href="http://www.current-biology.com/">Current Biology</a> journal. </p> <p> Check out <a href="http://www.pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ai/index-E.htm">Ali's page</a>, the chimp in question, for some pretty cool videos of his memory skills. </p> <p> <a href="http://webdrive.service.emory.edu/groups/research/chimpanzee-cognition/CCL/parr.htm">Dr Lisa Parr</a> of <a href="http://www.emory.edu/">Emory University</a> in Atlanta, Georgia, associates this to "to our increasing reliance on language-based memory skills." [<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7124156.stm">quote</a>] </p> <p> If you have trouble believing that we might not be the smartest primates on this planet, you have to admit that we are at least getting dumber. </p> Tue, 04 Dec 2007 02:37:00 -0600 urn:uuid:b2061ae1-afb3-40ca-b39b-73a6e876b2fd Bart http://www.bartgdev.com/articles/2007/12/04/dumb-as-a-chimp-you-wish Thoughts cognitive intelligence chimps psychology kyoto japan