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Monkeys and Humans Learn the Same Way

Posted by Zonk on from the we're-all-ugly-bags-of-mostly-water dept.

Lucas123 writes "A new study from UCLA showed that monkeys, like humans, learn faster by being actively involved in the learning process rather than just having information placed before them, according to a story in ScienceDaily. In the study, two rhesus macaque monkeys learned to put up to 18 photos on an ATM-like touch screen in a row. 'The monkeys did much better on the first three days when they had the help than when they didn't, but on the test day, it completely reversed. When they studied with the hint, there is no evidence they learned anything about the list. They learned the lists when they didn't get the help.'"

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  1. Learning by phoenixwade · · Score: 5, Funny

    So If we get an infinite number of Humans, and have them type on an infinite number of Typewriters, We'll still have a season of crap on TV.......

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    1. Re:Learning by iknownuttin · · Score: 2, Funny
      So If we get an infinite number of Humans, and have them type on an infinite number of Typewriters, We'll still have a season of crap on TV.......

      You must cease and desist! That is the trade secret of the writers of the "Jerry Springer" show. If you fail to comply, you will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law and then be put on the show and have your ass kicked by some hick and or ho.

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    2. Re:Learning by BlueParrot · · Score: 2, Funny

      So If we get an infinite number of Humans, and have them type on an infinite number of Typewriters, We'll still have a season of crap on TV.......
      Yes, but there would be infinite amounts of DRM to make you watch the infinitely long adds...
    3. Re:Learning by Tatarize · · Score: 3, Funny

      Actually you'd have an infinite amount of mass, and thus a black hole after a few moments. Which would leave you with pretty much nothing, and it would destroy all information... my goodness! YOU WOULD HAVE SLASHDOT!

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  2. yup, just like humans by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    if you poke the right buttons on the computer thing, the big man in the suit gives you a treat.

  3. I have the show's title in mind already... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "Monkey See Monkey Do" produced by ABC and watched by fifty million apes :)

    Side note: I am NOT stereotyping monkeys as being apes by the way.

  4. The important thing is that by igny · · Score: 4, Funny

    No monkeys are left behind.

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  5. Obligatory South Park Reference by AdmiralAudio · · Score: 2, Funny

    "In the beginning, we were all fish. Okay? Swimming around in the water.

    And then one day a couple of fish had a retard baby, and the retard baby was different, so it got to live.

    So retard fish goes on to make more retard babies, and then one day, a retard baby fish crawled out of the ocean with its mutant fish hands, and it had butt sex with a squirrel or something and made this retard frog-sqirrel, and then *that* had a retard baby which was a monkey-fish-frog.

    And then this monkey-fish-frog had butt sex with that monkey, and that monkey had a mutant retard baby that screwed another monkey, and that made YOU!

    So there you go! You're the retarded offspring of 5 monkeys having butt sex with a fish-squirrel! Congratulations!"

  6. Monkey see, monkey do? by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 3, Funny
    monkeys, like humans, learn faster by being actively involved

    Father Monkey: Son. That poo won't throw itself...

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