http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/02/24/chimps-trump-university-students-at-memory-task/ Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:00:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/02/24/chimps-trump-university-students-at-memory-task/#comment-6612 Chris Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:09:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/02/24/chimps-trump-university-students-at-memory-task/#comment-6612 It sounds like the chimps have weeks or even years of training in this particular activity, so it's not really a fair comparison. Give the students a week of intensive practice sessions, and their scores would likely improve. That said, it's still a cool story. It sounds like the chimps have weeks or even years of training in this particular activity, so it’s not really a fair comparison. Give the students a week of intensive practice sessions, and their scores would likely improve.
That said, it’s still a cool story.

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