Comments on: Chimpanzee Memory Tests

By: Magnus

Magnus — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:47:29 +0000

Yes, I was very impressed too, and inspired. On one video I saw, the chimp seemed to be more focused on what he was eating and at the same time in a relaxed way he touched the screen with the backside of his left hand, hitting all the 9 digits in order.

I even made a site about it, where one can do the test oneself:

http://chimp-test.bigparadox.com/

This version shows the digits a little longer than in the real test though. It simply became too difficult otherwise

Magnus
Stockholm, Sweden

By: Lance

Lance — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:03:10 +0000

Wow! Looks to me like they just have some kick-ass spatial memory.

I\’ve always thought human spatial memory was under-rated and try to use it as much as possible in navigation design. If you can get people to find something based on where it is instead of what it\’s called, it always seems to work better.

Maybe the fact that chimps generally aren\’t cultured to think linguistically, like we are when we process displayed information, makes them super spatially oriented.

Interesting stuff.

By: Anne-Marie Colwell

Anne-Marie Colwell — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:35:56 +0000

shoo, it is sooooo impressive. Humbling is the least we can say.
What does it say about the state of our aging brains??? Scary.