Monkeys have better basic counting skills than originally thought

Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 12:31 in Psychology & Sociology

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a recent study published in Nature Communications, it appears that Old World monkeys have the ability to count better than was originally thought. The research also shows that when presented with counting tasks, these long-tailed macaques are very similar to children in suppressing their impulses.

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