Monkeys tune in to your way of thinking


	Monkeys tune in to your way of thinking

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2-3-2008 9:03 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/137fce9a-c888-46fa-9a71-a209cd0950e3/A6463F81-540F-470B-903C-7C4C2DFA1B16/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/mg19726414.100-monkeys-tune-in-to-your-way-of-thinking.html?feedId=online-news_rss20" href="http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/mg19726414.100-monkeys-tune-in-to-your-way-of-thinking.html?feedId=online-news_rss20" style="font-size: 11px;">www.newscientist.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/mg19726414.100-monkeys-tune-in-to-your-way-of-thinking.html?feedId=online-news_rss20"><P>It's a study that could throw a monkey wrench into our understanding of the primate brain. Vittorio Gallese of the University of Parma, Italy, has found that macaques can predict the future actions of others, casting doubt on the long-held idea that monkeys cannot understand other beings as agents with their own perspectives and intentions. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/mg19726414.100-monkeys-tune-in-to-your-way-of-thinking.html?feedId=online-news_rss20"><P>Six macaque monkeys were shown a simple goal-related task - a woman reaching over a tall obstacle to pick up a toy resting on the other side. Once the monkeys had got used to this, the obstacle was removed so that the woman could simply reach out and pick up the toy. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/mg19726414.100-monkeys-tune-in-to-your-way-of-thinking.html?feedId=online-news_rss20"><P>The team found that when she did this, the monkeys showed a minimal amount of interest in her actions: each gazed at her face for an average of just 7 milliseconds. If, however, she continued to behave as if the obstacle were still  ...</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A6463F81-540F-470B-903C-7C4C2DFA1B16/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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