Chimps have better short-term memory than humans

Started by jimmy olsen, February 17, 2013, 05:22:52 PM

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February 17, 2013, 06:47:14 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on February 17, 2013, 06:38:58 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on February 17, 2013, 06:16:17 PM
Not short term, but I'm always impressed when my kids memorize their text book. Useless, but impressive.

I always thought learning a language is all about memorization. :hmm:
It's not the right kind of memorization. Quoting me the 4 page dialogue from chapter six doesn't mean they understand what just came out of their mouth.
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February 17, 2013, 06:51:56 PM
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Quote from: PDH on February 17, 2013, 06:07:56 PM
Well, it is semi-short term (if I get the nomenclature correct) - people could be given lists of things, often manifests, and they could recite them later to a clerk.

Ah.  I thought you were talking about stuff like reciting epic poems.

Epic poems have meter and rhyme, which helps with memory, if only because it rules out everything that doesn't rhyme or meter and it often uses standard formulae e.g. "Hector, Breaker of Horses" or "Swift footed Achilles" etc. Beowulf and Norse Epic poetry has similar memory aids.
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February 17, 2013, 11:01:21 PM
Quote from: Viking on February 17, 2013, 06:51:56 PM
Epic poems have meter and rhyme, which helps with memory, if only because it rules out everything that doesn't rhyme or meter and it often uses standard formulae e.g. "Hector, Breaker of Horses" or "Swift footed Achilles" etc. Beowulf and Norse Epic poetry has similar memory aids.

And the fact that oral histories such as those were constantly repeated, as there were no other mediums available, didn't hurt either.
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