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There’s a very interesting article in the NYT about a study done by a Yale grad student doing a psychological study comparing chimps and toddlers.
The basic premise is that humans learn by imitation and will follow unnecessary steps to complete a goal, even when it should be obvious that the extra steps are unnecessary.
Chimps on the other hand, once they knew what the goal was, rarely imitated the extra steps, choosing instead to almost always go straight for the reward.
It sounds like a really interesting study, and the story is written by Carl Zimmer who’s 4 year-old daughter took part in the study. He tries hard to take it in stride that the chimps outwitted his daughter, and 100 other toddlers, about 85% of the time.
Children Learn by Monkey See, Monkey Do. Chimps Don’t. [NYT]
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