Baboons recognise words on a screen

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Baboons recognise words on a screen

BBC – 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.

– Six Guinea baboons (Papio papio) at a research facility in France use touch screens to indicate whether they recognize a string of four letters as a word, in which case they press an oval on the screen, or a non-word, pressing a plus sign. Dr. Jonathan Grainger narrates. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

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