http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/02/24/chimps-trump-university-students-at-memory-task/ Dive into the awe-inspiring, beautiful and quirky world of science news with award-winning writer Ed Yong. No previous experience required. Sat, 26 May 2012 10:52:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/02/24/chimps-trump-university-students-at-memory-task/comment-page-1/#comment-6889 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-6889 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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