Comments on: Are you smarter than Ayumu the chimp? http://primatology.net/2008/01/04/are-you-smarter-than-than-ayumu-the-chimp/ We ain’t monkeyin’ around here. Fri, 11 May 2012 12:00:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: kenji http://primatology.net/2008/01/04/are-you-smarter-than-than-ayumu-the-chimp/#comment-11157 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:55:52 +0000 http://primatology.net/2008/01/04/are-you-smarter-than-than-ayumu-the-chimp/#comment-11157 the game at lumiosity only have 5 digit

]]> By: kenji http://primatology.net/2008/01/04/are-you-smarter-than-than-ayumu-the-chimp/#comment-11156 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:55:22 +0000 http://primatology.net/2008/01/04/are-you-smarter-than-than-ayumu-the-chimp/#comment-11156 who ever played the game at lumiosity and score 10/10 and thinks you beat the chimp… you are a retard because the game at lumiosity only require 5 digit. In the video ayumu play the same game with 9 digit, 4 digit difference.

]]> By: Genniveve http://primatology.net/2008/01/04/are-you-smarter-than-than-ayumu-the-chimp/#comment-10400 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:43:16 +0000 http://primatology.net/2008/01/04/are-you-smarter-than-than-ayumu-the-chimp/#comment-10400 i played the game that the chimps doing at lumosity.com. its really amazing and takes a long time to beat him. ive gotten 10/10…beat that! =)

]]> By: Klaus Baeuerle http://primatology.net/2008/01/04/are-you-smarter-than-than-ayumu-the-chimp/#comment-10300 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:41:46 +0000 http://primatology.net/2008/01/04/are-you-smarter-than-than-ayumu-the-chimp/#comment-10300 He is a lefthander

]]> By: anonymous http://primatology.net/2008/01/04/are-you-smarter-than-than-ayumu-the-chimp/#comment-10155 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:54:48 +0000 http://primatology.net/2008/01/04/are-you-smarter-than-than-ayumu-the-chimp/#comment-10155 Make sure you’re comparing apples to apples on this one. The game on the website only has 5 numbers shown… Ayumu’s game has 9. That’s a big difference in difficulty for such a game.

]]> By: Were Neanderthals Smarter Than Us - Update August 27th 2008 « The Amazing World of Psychiatry: A Psychiatry Blog http://primatology.net/2008/01/04/are-you-smarter-than-than-ayumu-the-chimp/#comment-9834 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:56:44 +0000 http://primatology.net/2008/01/04/are-you-smarter-than-than-ayumu-the-chimp/#comment-9834 [...] the performance of a chimpanzee called Ayumu on this memory task. View [...]

]]> By: Featured Blog: The Primatology Blog « The Amazing World of Psychiatry: A Psychiatry Blog http://primatology.net/2008/01/04/are-you-smarter-than-than-ayumu-the-chimp/#comment-9823 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:39:02 +0000 http://primatology.net/2008/01/04/are-you-smarter-than-than-ayumu-the-chimp/#comment-9823 [...] is an unbelievable video of a chimpanzee Ayumu performing a memory task and the chimps have even beat college students on a [...]

]]> By: graham http://primatology.net/2008/01/04/are-you-smarter-than-than-ayumu-the-chimp/#comment-9788 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:45:18 +0000 http://primatology.net/2008/01/04/are-you-smarter-than-than-ayumu-the-chimp/#comment-9788 I would challenge the chimp anytime , I average 7-9 pretty easy really

]]> By: Chimpanzee Memory « Human Heuristics http://primatology.net/2008/01/04/are-you-smarter-than-than-ayumu-the-chimp/#comment-9570 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:42:00 +0000 http://primatology.net/2008/01/04/are-you-smarter-than-than-ayumu-the-chimp/#comment-9570 [...] to Primatology.net for the game [...]

]]> By: Nerissa Belcher http://primatology.net/2008/01/04/are-you-smarter-than-than-ayumu-the-chimp/#comment-9273 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:00:46 +0000 http://primatology.net/2008/01/04/are-you-smarter-than-than-ayumu-the-chimp/#comment-9273 The test is really evaluating our ability to quiet our inner voice long enough to focus on the numbers in order to remember their order. Chimps aren’t worrying about unpaid bills and such like humans are. For the same reason a typical 4 year old child could beat most adults in a similar memory game.

If an adult can shut their inner voice up long enough to do well in this game they have a neat parlor trick to show their friends. But, if the same adult normally doesn’t have an inner voice they don’t have a stable self-identity nor are they able to spot opportunities of interest to them nearly as well as would be someone focused on such opportunities.

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