Animal cognition: monkeys recall previously seen images

Curr Biol. 2011 May 10;21(9):R311-3. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.03.040.

Abstract

A recent study has found that rhesus macaques can recall newly presented shapes: this demonstration of recall in non-human primates suggests that some animals have recollection processes similar to those of humans.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cognition / physiology*
  • Macaca mulatta / physiology*
  • Memory / physiology*
  • Pattern Recognition, Visual / physiology*
  • Photic Stimulation