Scientists at Kyoto University in Japan performed an expirement to see whether or not a chipanzee or a human can memorize numbers on a computer screen. In the first trial, the numbers flashed on the sreen for 650 milliseconds and were quickly replaced by small white squares. Then the participant had to press on the numbers in which they thought the order was correct. This sequence repeated several times. After the first trial, both human and chimpanzee scored about 80%. Then a second trial was conducted, only the numbers flashed on the screen for 210 milliseconds. Human participants only scored a 40%, while the chimpanzee scored an 80% once again. More trials were performed on younger participants, all scoring better than their elders.
by John and Josh
