Researchers Don't Believe It: Apes Are Also Capable of Imagining and Simulating Like Humans

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The ape imagination has ceased to be a capacity exclusively of humans, as revealed by a pioneering study by Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Researchers at this institution have shown for the first time that these primates can use their imagination and simulate situations, challenging scientific assumptions that have been held for decades about the cognitive abilities of animals. In a series of experiments with apes, similar to a t…