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Jim__

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14. From the article, I get the impression that recognizing written words is at least one of the ...

Mon Apr 16, 2012, 01:54 PM

Apr 2012

... things they are interested in.

Is it primarily a language skill? Or is it something else?

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The results suggest the ability to recognise words could more closely relate to object identification than linguistic skill.

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"Cognitive abilities vary among humans too, and it is not so surprising that differences emerge between the individual [baboons]," said Dr Fagot.

Dr Grainger told BBC Nature that recognising letter sequences - previously considered a fundamental "building block" of language - could be related to a more simple skill.

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Baboons recognise words on a screen [View all] xchrom Apr 2012 OP

simple pattern recognition... ProdigalJunkMail Apr 2012 #1

Yup, nothing to do with "understanding language". Odin2005 Apr 2012 #8

From the article, I get the impression that recognizing written words is at least one of the ... Jim__ Apr 2012 #14

Cool Kalidurga Apr 2012 #2

Ya know, the first time I read that, I didn't even notice what ya did there. eqfan592 Apr 2012 #3

Unauthorized human experimentation... xocet Apr 2012 #5

Not easily at all tama Apr 2012 #10

Interesting, I had not noticed that the first and last letters were in their proper places.... xocet Apr 2012 #11

Is it that the baboons are merely recognizing shapes without meaning. tabatha Apr 2012 #4

They've been posting to Freeperville for years now jberryhill Apr 2012 #6

... Fumesucker Apr 2012 #7

Animals can be trained via Skinnerian conditioning? Who knew??? Odin2005 Apr 2012 #9

They're demonstrating more sophisticated recognition... Silent3 Apr 2012 #12

Read the recently published book "Becoming Chimpanzee". Odin2005 Apr 2012 #13

Are you sure of that title? Silent3 Apr 2012 #15

Oops, it's "Almost Chimpanzee", brain fart! Odin2005 Apr 2012 #16

Great. Now we have baboons who can swear. HopeHoops Apr 2012 #17