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Chimpanzees possess working memories like humans
Contrary to humans, chimpanzees did not use search strategies to facilitate their task.
AMIT MALEWAR
37 MINS AGO
Chimpanzee memory has been extensively studied. The general assumption is that, as with many other cognitive functions, it is inferior to that of humans; some data, however, suggest that, in some circumstances, chimpanzee memory may indeed be superior to human memory.
In a new study by the Max Planck Society, scientists reported remarkable similarities between human and chimpanzees working memory abilities despite evolutionary and life-history differences.
To check chimpanzees’ working memory abilities, scientists presented them with a task in which they could search for food in a number of small, opaque boxes. During this task, scientists primarily showed pieces of food, hidden in boxes to chimpanzees.
Then they searched for the food items by pointing at the boxes one by one. To avoid redundant searches, they needed to continuously update which containers they had already visited.
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