Chimps Beat College Kids In Computer Game

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Chimpanzees Aced Short-Term Memory Tests

(AP) Never mind that TV show that asks if you're smarter than a fifth-grader. Is your memory better than a young chimp's?

Maybe not.

Japanese researchers pitted young chimps against human adults in two tests of short-term memory, and overall, the chimps won.

That challenges the belief of many people, including many scientists, that "humans are superior to chimpanzees in all cognitive functions," said researcher Tetsuro Matsuzawa of Kyoto University.

"No one can imagine that chimpanzees - young chimpanzees at the age of 5 - have a better performance in a memory task than humans," he said in a statement.

Matsuzawa, a pioneer in studying the mental abilities of chimps, said even he was surprised. He and colleague Sana Inoue report the results in Tuesday's issue of the journal Current Biology.

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[Sebastian Doyle]

1. Not all chimps are into chess though.

Evidence can be found here

[xchrom]

2. Recommend

[NightWatcher]

3. I'll put our college kids up against the chimps in beer pong

USA USA USA

[petronius]

6. Or Madden 2010. Heck, I bet those chimps can't even update facebook

while driving...

[Swamp Rat]

4. LOLOL!!!

:rofl:

[SunnySong]

5. Yeah but do college kids start illegal wars in th middle east?

[JuniperLea]

9. Chimp and college chump...

Bush should be twice as good at this... but, no.

[NHLrocks]

7. amazing shit

[thelordofhell]

8. I, for one, welcome our new chimpanzee overlords

At least they don't screw each other over for a percentage

[yowzayowzayowza]

11. Overt penis fencing would be an upgrade.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonobo#Sexual_social_behavior

[fishbulb703]

10. This is really, really old news. I hate MSM reports of scientific experiments. nt

[Doremus]

12. Exactly. 5yo chimps ripped from their mothers and shipped overseas to become medical experiments.

:mad:

[Better Today]

13. Apples to oranges. I mean it has a ring to it, but how do adults compare

to adults. It may be more of an age issue. We already know that the young tend to be sponges, but in time, it changes. Furthermore the type of games that young chimps could handle regarding short term memory, would be outright boring to most adults. So besides the biological change, there's a maturity that disregards useless information.

Just sayin'.