Monkeys surprisingly proficient at mental arithmetic


	Monkeys surprisingly proficient at mental arithmetic

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12-19-2007 12:27 AM

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					<TD width="99%" valign="top"><SPAN class="lingo_region">A <A rel="nofollow" href="http://search.breitbart.com/q?s="college+education"&sid=breitbart.com" linkindex="40">college education</A> doesn't give you much of an edge over a monkey when it comes to doing some basic arithmetic, according to a study released Monday that underscores the surprising mental agility of our simian relatives.</SPAN></TD></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=071218151110.iu28e0t4&show_article=1"><P>             In a rapid fire test of mental addition, monkeys performed almost as well as <A rel="nofollow" href="http://search.breitbart.com/q?s="college+students"&sid=breitbart.com" linkindex="41">college students</A>, showing they're no slouches when it comes to number crunching.  </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=071218151110.iu28e0t4&show_article=1"><P>              The macaques got their sums right 76 percent of the time, while the students got the correct answer 94 percent of the time in a series of increasingly challenging maths tests.  </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=071218151110.iu28e0t4&show_article=1"><P>             "We know that animals can recognize quantities, but there is less evidence for their ability to carry out explicit mathematical tasks, such as addition," said Jessica Cantlon, a researcher at Duke University Center for <A rel="nofollow" href="http://search.breitbart.com/q?s="Cognitive+Neuroscience"&sid=breitbart.com" linkindex="42">Cognitive Neuroscience</A> in Durham, <A rel="nofollow" href="http://search.breitbart.com/q?s="North+Carolina"&sid=breitbart.com" linkindex="43">North Carolina</A>.  </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=071218151110.iu28e0t4&show_article=1"><P>             "Our study shows that they can." </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/0C1C8898-CE6B-4AD3-9E5C-A8E23C5E631C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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