Professor Tetsuro Matsuzawa’s star chimp, Ayumu, was in a 2012 BBC film “Super Smart Animals” because he can remember the sequence and location of nine random digits displayed for only 60 milliseconds. First of all, phone numbers, not including area codes, are seven digits long because that is most people’s short-term memory capacity. More importantly, 60 milliseconds … Continue reading Do Chimps Have Superior Memories to Humans?
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Do Chimps Have Superior Memories to Humans?
Professor Tetsuro Matsuzawa’s star chimp, Ayumu, was in a 2012 BBC film “Super Smart Animals” because he can remember the sequence and location of nine random digits displayed for only 60 milliseconds. First of all, phone numbers, not including area codes, are seven digits long because that is most people’s short-term memory capacity. More importantly, 60 milliseconds … Continue reading Do Chimps Have Superior Memories to Humans?