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SOME CHIMPS CAN PLAY VIDEO GAMES BETTER THAN HUMANS. WE’RE SCREWED.
HI GUYS IM CATIE WAYNE AND THIS IS ANIMALIST NEWS!
SO RESEARCHERS HAVE PUT A 22 YEAR OLD FEMALE CHIMP NAMED PANZEE, UP AGAINST 12 CHILDREN
AND 4 ADULTS IN A VIRTUAL REALITY VIDEO GAME. AND GUESS WHAT? PANZEE SQUASHED THE COMPETITION.
WELL, FOR THE MOST PART. THE CHIMPS DID ABOUT AS WELL AS THE KIDS IN
AN AGE RANGE OF 3-6. BUT WHERE THE CHIMPS REALLY SHINED, WAS IN THEIR EFFICIENCY. IN
DIFFICULT MAZES, PANZEE EXCELLED. IN FACT, ON THE MOST DIFFICULT MAZE, SHE TOOK THE SHORTEST
ROUTE BEATING BOTH THE KIDS, AND THE ADULTS.
THE VIRTUAL REALITY BASED GAME WAS USED TO TEST COMPARATIVE SPATIAL COGNITIVE ABILITY
IN BOTH CHIMPANZEES AND HUMANS. THE GAME CONSISTS OF INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT MAZE ENVIRONMENTS
THAT USE DIFFERENT COLORED LANDMARKS TO GUIDE THE PLAYER TO THEIR GOAL.
THE HUMANS WERE GIVEN 10 TO 20 TRAINING SESSIONS, WHILE THE CHIMPS WERE GIVEN ONLY 5 TO 10,
SINCE THEY WERE ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH THE JOYSTICK, AND SIMILAR VIRTUAL REALITY GAMES.
SO WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? WHAT VIDEO GAMES WOULD YOU PLAY WITH A CHIMP? LET ME KNOW IN
THE COMMENTS BELOW.