http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/12/03/chimp.memory.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryviewNEW YORK (AP) -- Think you're smarter than a fifth-grader? How about a 5-year-old chimp? Japanese researchers pitted young chimps against human adults in tests of short-term memory, and overall, the chimps won.
A chimpanzee named Ayumu performs a memory test.
1 of 2 That challenges the belief of many people, including many scientists, that "humans are superior to chimpanzees in all cognitive functions," said researcher Tetsuro Matsuzawa of Kyoto University.
"No one can imagine that chimpanzees -- young chimpanzees at the age of 5 -- have a better performance in a memory task than humans," he said in a statement.
Matsuzawa, a pioneer in studying the mental abilities of chimps, said even he was surprised. He and colleague Sana Inoue report the results in Tuesday's issue of the journal Current Biology.
Subject: 5-year-old chimp beats college kids in computer game 
December 3rd 2007, 7:53 pm
