Sithis Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Inoue and Matsuzawa from Kyoto University used the 'limited-hold memory task' to show that their chimps can out-perform college students. Watch Ayumu, then take the test below to see if your memory is as good as a chimp's! Try the limited-hold memory task here: http://games.lumosity.com/chimp.html to see how well you do. If you do bad, don't worry, I did too (I managed to get 7 out of 10 correct my first try). Apparantly if you want, you can train your brain by playing these sorts of games. The chimp in the video was 7 years old at the time and trained in a Japanese Lab. It is now 11 years old and still going strong. Anyone who can match the monkey without cheating (you can screenshot if you time it right, there is no time-limit to how long it takes to answer) It took me 10 tries and here is a screenshot of me getting 10/10: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetdang Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 That is AWESOME. :D Luminosity games are pretty fun, and on whole they do claim to better your reflexes/mind thinking abilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaraquanEyrie Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 I'm not sure the question is really are you smarter but who has the better memory, and honestly I have a terriable memory, but I agree that you can train yourself to improve your cognative functions. I did this a couple times and improved each time but was to lazy to "win" the game. so sum up bad memory + laziness = chimp wins *proudly puts on dunce fez* :fez: :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeldafable_rebel Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 lol I must be blind because I kept thinking 7 was a 1, and 6 & 3 were an 8. I couldn't even get one whole chain right!!! :* So.. 0/10 total. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedhaun Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 First time: I got 2 out of 10 correct, so I was dumber than the chimp. I got 8 out of 10 this time, and I tied the chimp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sithis Posted February 11, 2012 Author Share Posted February 11, 2012 First time: I got 2 out of 10 correct, so I was dumber than the chimp. I got 8 out of 10 this time, and I tied the chimp. How many attempts did it take you to score the 8/10? Has anyone else successfully managed to get a 10/10? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedhaun Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 How many attempts did it take you to score the 8/10? Has anyone else successfully managed to get a 10/10? That was only my second attempt to get an 8 out of 10 to be precise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angeló Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 I don't get it .. what's the point of this game ?? I can barely SEE the numbers before they're hidden !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetdang Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 I don't get it .. what's the point of this game ?? I can barely SEE the numbers before they're hidden !! That's the point. Quick reflexes and seeing how fast you can get it! I only got 3 hahahahahah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angeló Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 I see .. I thought it was just being mean to me on purpose ... I managed to get 4 correct ... still worse than the chimp ... but ... I only tried it half-asleep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trig Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 On my first try I managed to get 7 right! :) But the chimp still beat me :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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