Reducing the amount of time the numbers flash on the screen doesn’t seem to matter to Ayumu, even though humans become less accurate the shorter the time interval. Having memorized the numbers, Ayumu touches the squares in the correct order.
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Trained on a touchscreen, he can recall a series of numbers from 1 through 9 and tap them in the right order, even though the numbers appear randomly on the screen and are replaced by white squares as soon as he starts tapping. I watched his incredibly rapid decision making the way I admire my students typing ten times faster than me.Īyumu, is a young male who, in 2007, put human memory to shame. Since the cubicles are transparent and low, I could lean on one to look over Ayumu’s shoulder. This way playing computer games is entirely up to them, which guarantees sound motivation. The chimp can also leave the cubicle whenever he wants. At any moment, an ape can run into one of several cubicles-like little phone booths-equipped with a computer. He lives with other chimps in an outdoor area at the Primate Research Institute (PRI) of Kyoto University. The following is an excerpt from Are We Smart Enough To Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal.Īyumu had no time for me while he was working on his computer.
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