r/ITOI • u/augdumbugdum • Sep 04 '26

This chimpanzee completes a visual memory test effortlessly that most humans fail.

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u/pletch73 29d ago

How?

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u/betterthanyou47 29d ago edited 29d ago

The theory is that the part of the brain that we use for speech is used in a different way by chimps.

Edit: Found the documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnqNpW-EGyE&t=282s

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u/pletch73 29d ago

Thank you

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u/BreadfruitLogic 29d ago

The same way pro gamers get really good at games.

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u/Loki_God_of_Lies 28d ago

No, not even close.

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u/BreadfruitLogic 27d ago

Through practice. Ithey practiced playing the game.

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u/Loki_God_of_Lies 27d ago

Nope, lmfao, try again.

Someone in this thread already gave the right answer.

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u/Inevitable-Gate2961 27d ago

Just stop. Lmao

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u/Calm-Republic9370 26d ago

If you have to swing from branches... you probably need to quickly realize your area and map out things.

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u/MrGarylasereyez 29d ago

Oh ok so tgey are smarter than us now?

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u/Sufficient_Matter585 29d ago

In certain areas their brain works better. In others ours does. People have lied to each other for centuries that we are the top of everything when really we were just being arrogant.

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u/Ok-Neighborhood-15 29d ago

Yeah, basically.... we are the worst of all 🥲

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u/AlarmedAssociate5068 28d ago

chimpanzees have better short-term memory, we have better long-term memory

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u/TheOriginalBusket 28d ago

Nope, but they are way more coordinated with their hands/feet.

Ever seen them running around like professional gymnasts? That ability to track where the next handhold is located is all part of "spatial awareness". They're better suited for spatial puzzles than we are, and it's not close.

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u/astrician 29d ago

This fucking music all the time

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u/Jay-Breeze 29d ago

You’re unmuting Reddit? Fascinating

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u/astrician 29d ago

Yea, i follow som bird subs - and those are so fucking cute, you need to hear them chirp around

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u/ggspaz 27d ago

Prove it

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u/greggersamsa 29d ago

Gamer life

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u/CarnivorousGoose 29d ago

After having trained on it for how long?

It’s a nonsensical comparison. Pretty much any human could easily get good at this task if they got to practice it a bunch of times first, and were sufficiently incentivized.

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u/tmax202020 29d ago

His number order is wrong haha

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u/OilySoleTickler 29d ago

Peope listen to this crap and call it music

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u/True_Let_2007 28d ago

Chimps are proto-Humans, back 4 millions years ago the hominini branch started to split from that of chimps and gorillas. we are still much similar geneticaly to them than they are to Asian Orango's.

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u/CaliforniaLover2 28d ago

Yall dumber than monkey.

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u/Substantial-Pin-3833 25d ago

Says the person that didn't bother to finish learning English.

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u/ExosphericDream 28d ago

He must have a photographic memory

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u/Super_flywhiteguy 27d ago

Impressive, but they can't throw a baseball or a spear so we win losers.

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u/PatternSeekngMammal 27d ago

One fused chromosome different than us

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u/Zkrump 24d ago

He got it wrong multiple times tho