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Study Shows Baboons, Like Humans, Can Solve Abstract Reasoning Tasks A new study has suggested that baboons can solve abstract reasoning problems using cognitive tools previously thought to be solely the reserve of humans.

Monkeys are capable of inferential reasoning, study showsA recent study showed that monkeys can make logical choices when given an A or B scenario.

Primates show new capacity for better logical reasoning than human toddlersNew research has shown for the first time that animals are capable of the deductive aspects of a form of reasoning by exclusion through a decision-making task completed by primates, indicating that verbal language is not a prerequisite for this type of logic.

Humans and monkeys think more alike than we knew - FuturityBoth monkeys and humans have a way of thinking that involves recursion, a process of arranging words, phrases, or symbols to convey complex ideas.

Humans and monkeys ‘think in the same way’, study showsThe way humans and monkeys deal with ideas is very, very similar, based on tests using symbols similar to language.

Complex linguistic feature not unique to humansMonkeys can do it too, study finds.

New study throws light on recursive thinkingNon-human primates too have the capacity to represent recursive sequences

What Humans and Primates Both Know When It Comes to Numbers - Neuroscience NewsA new study reports primates have the ability to distinguish between small and large quantities of objects, regardless of the surface area on which the objects are placed.

What humans, primates both know when it comes to numbersAdults and children in the US, adults from a 'low numeracy' tribe in Bolivia and rhesus monkeys ALL possessed the ability to distinguish between large and small quantities of objects, regardless of the surface area they occupy. This ability is likely a shared evolutionary trait, according to a study. The nonverbal visual tests could be used in assessing early math education in young children.

How Did Humans Learn to Count? Baboons May Offer Clues

Monkeys Know If They’re Right Or WrongA study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B has found that monkeys may possess metacognition, the ability to know if they know or don’t kno

Monkey sees ... monkey knows? A metacognitive illusion in monkeysSocrates is often quoted as having said, "I know that I know nothing." This ability to know what you know or don't know—and how confident you are in what you think you know—is called metacognition.

Monkey sees. . . monkey knows?Brain and cognitive scientists report that monkeys, like humans, base metacognitive confidence on fluency—how easy something is to see, hear, or perceive.

Monkey business: Baboons have math abilities on par with kids • Earth.comA new study has revealed that baboons and rhesus monkeys have incredible mathematical abilities comparable to those of human children.

Primate maths: Precocious baby baboons beating your own babyQuantity (like size) matters when we are making decisions about all aspects of our life. If something costs the same but we have the choice to have more or less of it, have you ever deliberately ch…

Baboon Counting AlgorithmsHuman counting can be thought of as a kind of condition controlled logic where counters increment a sequence of labels “one, two, three four…” until some condition is met. (Cantlo…

Primates’ Understanding of Quantities Offers Clues to the Origins of Human CountingMonkey see, monkey count—almost. New research from the University of Rochester shows that while monkeys don’t have words or symbols for numbers like we do, they do understand the basic logic behind counting—and that can show us how humans first learned to count.

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