New evidence that orangutans and gorillas can match images based on biological categories
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 07:00
in Psychology & Sociology
The ability to form a general concept that connects what we know about the members of a category allows humans to respond appropriately when they encounter a novel member of that category. At an early age, children form categories to, for example, differentiate animals from inanimate objects and to differentiate dogs from cats. New research shows that other apes may form similar categories to represent different types of animals.