This chimp's visual processing speed is nuts

[Quixote1818]

I stopped the video and looked at the numbers for ten seconds to try and memorized where they were and still had a hard time getting all 9

[Triana]

1. Wow. No way could I do that! n/t

[ellennelle]

2. notice

he was using his left hand.

right brain.

this is how wee kids beat our socks off at Concentration.

[ErikJ]

3. Short-term or "working" memory

From the Huf Po article
.............
A select few humans have such abilities, but these are typically people with savant syndrome, which is accompanied by severe mental disabilities; it's simply beyond the powers of an ordinary human, Matsuzawa said. On the other hand, six out of six chimpanzees tested could rapidly remember the location and order of nine digits, he said. [8 Amazing Non-Human Primate Abilities]

This incredible short-term (or "working&quot memory helps chimpanzees survive in the wild, where they often must make rapid and complex decisions. Working memory is an active form of short-term memory, a mental workspace that allows the brain to juggle multiple thoughts simultaneously.

For chimps, the amazing working memory likely helps the animals navigate the branches of huge trees to feed, for example, or decide what to do when competing groups of animals are threatening one another, he said.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/17/chimpanzee-memory-study-short-term_n_2703588.html

[hunter]

4. Wow.

I'm guessing when numbers pass through ordinary human minds for processing they carry a lot more baggage.

[ErikJ]

5. We probably lost the ability when we moved out of the 3-d forest to the 2-d savannnah.

[Quixote1818]

6. I was thinking the same thing. nt

[Spitfire of ATJ]

7. This is what you too could achieve if you weren't thinking about sex....

Want proof?

Try this with a bonobo.

[valerief]

9. Bwahahahaha!

[trusty elf]

8. That is astonishing.