Humans can be trained to match chimpanzee working-memory accuracy.
Evidence
Typically, at this point, humans start making excuses for their uneven performance, arguing that the playing field was not level. For example, performances by chimpanzees were measured by their last 100 rounds after 400 rounds of practice. Human scores, however, were based on 50 rounds with no practice . Subsequent work indicates that university students, in fact, can be trained to tie or beat Ayumu in accuracy. — Joseph Henrich, The Secret of Our Success, 91
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Young chimpanzees outperform adult chimps on working memory tasks. — Joseph Henrich, The Secret of Our Success: How Culture…, 92; Chimpanzees outperform humans at strategic randomization in competitive games — Joseph Henrich, The Secret of Our Success: How Culture…, 99; Human evolution selected for learnability and behavioral malleability, not fixedness (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- Human evolution selected for learnability and behavioral malleability, not fixedness
#corroborates(0.75) - Humans were evolutionarily selected for learnability, not behavioral fixedness
#corroborates(0.75) - Humans were selected for behavioral malleability, not fixedness
#corroborates(0.75) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 178 - Chimpanzees outperform humans at strategic randomization in competitive games
#complicates(0.72) — Joseph Henrich, The Secret of Our Success, 99