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Baboons recognise words on a screen →
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Baboons can recognise four-letter words on a computer screen, according to scientists in France.
Researchers found the monkeys could tell the difference between actual words and nonsense letter combinations.
After being trained, the baboons were able to make this distinction, despite not being capable of reading.
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Not a new idea, but still cool
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I think I love you. Someone tried to convince me that dogs don’t understand the concept of matching which is obviously...
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Can they do it with writing systems other than the latin alphabet?
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We set the bar so low on animal cognition in general… the history of studying how animals learn and think is basically...
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Uh. Dogs can also demonstrably do this. Sea lions can learn and remember abstract concepts.
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