Scientists tried out the ‘French drop’ trick in front of different monkey species, with fascinating results.
“This mirroring in our neural motor system might explain why the French drop worked for the capuchins and squirrel monkeys but not for marmosets,” said Nicola Clayton, a cognitive scientist at the University of Cambridge, in the same release.To confirm that the marmosets weren’t merely more perceptive to the switch , the researchers also performed a modified version of the French drop.
This maneuver, called the “power drop,” was the same basic trick, but the treats were transferred using a grip all three species were capable of.and the squirrel monkeys and the marmosets 94% of the time, suggestingdue to the positioning of the magicians’ digits.“It’s about the embodiment of knowledge,” Clayton added.
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