BuzzFeed - Buzz Tagged "numbers" http://www.buzzfeed.com BuzzFeed, Find Your New Favorite Thing en Copyright 2012 BuzzFeed, Inc. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:55:57 -0500 editor@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) info@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) Chimp Prodigy Can Solve Memory Puzzle In 60 Milliseconds http://www.buzzfeed.com/hgrant/chimp-prodigy-can-solve-memory-puzzle-in-60-millis Ayumu the chimp can remember both the location and order of a set of numbers in less time than it takes for most people to even process what we're seeing.

The 11-year-old chimpanzee in no stranger to the spotlight. Back in 2007 he was featured on MSNBC's Are you smarter than a chimp? segment where scientists had two young adults compete against Ayumu and another chimp in a series of short-term memory tests. Guess who won? Yup, the chimps.

So how does he do it exactly? Scientists aren't entirely sure but there are a couple theories. The first is something called "eidetic imagery" which, in poor latent terms, means Ayumu is able to commit to memory a complete picture of intricate pattern or scene.

The second theory is called subatizing which means you can look at a small number of items and automatically know how many of each are present. For example, if you glimpse at the stars, you can see that there are two red stars. Or three blue stars. Or what have you. And chimps retain this information better than humans, especially Ayumu, because as humans evolved and acquired new skills-like speech-we lost others such as super awesome visual memorization.

Source: io9.com

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/hgrant/chimp-prodigy-can-solve-memory-puzzle-in-60-millis Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:02:08 -0500 <b>Ayumu the chimp can remember both the location <i>and</i> order of a set of numbers in less time than it takes for most people to even process what we&#39;re seeing.</b> hgrant nonadult The 11-year-old chimpanzee in no stranger to the spotlight. Back in 2007 he was featured on MSNBC&#39;s <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22080399/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/are-you-smarter--year-old-chimp/#.TzQ8KePOyc9">Are you smarter than a chimp?</a> segment where scientists had two young adults compete against Ayumu and another chimp in a series of short-term memory tests. Guess who won? Yup, the chimps. nonadult So how does he do it exactly? Scientists aren&#39;t entirely sure but there are a couple theories. The first is something called "eidetic imagery" which, in poor latent terms, means Ayumu is able to commit to memory a complete picture of intricate pattern or scene. nonadult The second theory is called subatizing which means you can look at a small number of items and automatically know how many of each are present. For example, if you glimpse at the stars, you can see that there are two red stars. Or three blue stars. Or what have you. And chimps retain this information better than humans, especially Ayumu, because as humans evolved and acquired new skills-like speech-we lost others such as super awesome visual memorization. nonadult Candy Numbers http://www.buzzfeed.com/somenorcalguy/candy-numbers-e6x Massimo Gammacurta designed these sweet looking candy numbers for a gift guide in Wired magazine.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/somenorcalguy/candy-numbers-e6x Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:32:11 -0400 <a href="http://www.gammacurta.com/">Massimo Gammacurta</a> designed these sweet looking candy numbers for a gift guide in Wired magazine. somenorcalguy nonadult Palindrome Day: 01022010 http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/palindrome-day-01022010

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/how-many-partners-is-too-many Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:31:12 -0400 French First Lady <a href="http://buzzfeed.com/buzz/Carla_Bruni">Carla Bruni</a>'s revelation that she's slept with 15 men (before marrying Nicolas Sarkozy) kicks off a discussion of sex and numbers. scott nonadult