2020
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0234004
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Forgetting in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): What is the role of interference?

Abstract: Humans are constantly acquiring new information and skills. However, forgetting is also a common phenomenon in our lives. Understanding the lability of memories is critical to appreciate how they are formed as well as forgotten. Here we investigate the lability of chimpanzees' short-term memories and assess what factors cause forgetting in our closest relatives. In two experiments, chimpanzees were presented with a target task, which involved remembering a reward location, followed by the presentation of an in… Show more

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“…Other research, by Manrique, Völter, and Call (2013; see also Völter & Call 2012), illustrates considerable flexibility in great ape innovation based on the cognitive ability to inhibit memory of how a problem was resolved in order to experiment with new solutions to old problems. In this case, forgetting is important – perhaps more important than remembering as a cognitive process that facilitates innovation (see Martin‐Ordas, Atencia & Fernandez‐Navarro 2020). Focusing specifically on memory as implicated in learning, Martin‐Ordas, Haun, Colmenares, and Call (2010) have demonstrated, through experimentation with frozen juice, that great apes do not only possess episodic‐like memory but are able to remember in an integrated fashion involving what, where, and when an event happened, understanding how something changes through time – the melting of frozen fruit juice – in relation to cognitive choices that reflect an ability to remember strategically.…”
Section: The Art Of Nonhuman Beingmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Other research, by Manrique, Völter, and Call (2013; see also Völter & Call 2012), illustrates considerable flexibility in great ape innovation based on the cognitive ability to inhibit memory of how a problem was resolved in order to experiment with new solutions to old problems. In this case, forgetting is important – perhaps more important than remembering as a cognitive process that facilitates innovation (see Martin‐Ordas, Atencia & Fernandez‐Navarro 2020). Focusing specifically on memory as implicated in learning, Martin‐Ordas, Haun, Colmenares, and Call (2010) have demonstrated, through experimentation with frozen juice, that great apes do not only possess episodic‐like memory but are able to remember in an integrated fashion involving what, where, and when an event happened, understanding how something changes through time – the melting of frozen fruit juice – in relation to cognitive choices that reflect an ability to remember strategically.…”
Section: The Art Of Nonhuman Beingmentioning
confidence: 99%