Wednesday, January 20, 2010

If Only This Were True of My Brain

Monkey Brain 'Hardwired' for Simple Math - Yahoo! News: "Monkey see, monkey do simple math?

A German team of neurobiologists has found that rhesus macaques can engage in abstract mathematical reasoning using specific brain cells dedicated to the comprehension of math rules and relationships."

Hat tip to Seepy Benton.

1 comment:

JerThom said...

We ate monkey brains while in the jungle, does that mean we got smarter?... Or dumber?