Study Shows Monkeys Like Watching TV 103
According to a Japanese study, monkeys are not immune to the siren call of the idiot box. It seems rhesus monkeys enjoy watching videos of circus animals. From the article: "The study found that when the monkey was witnessing the acrobatic performances of circus animals on a television screen, the frontal lobe area of its brain became vigorously active. The activity in such an area was significant in reflecting the monkey's pleasure, as the human equivalent is a neurological area associated with triggering delight in a baby when it sees the smile of its mother."
Shall we expand on this a bit? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Seriously, who cares? (Score:3, Insightful)
A) To find and parallels between the physiological make-up of monkeys and humans.
B) To better understand Monkey behavior.
Not everything studied needs an immediate reason. sometimes the knowledge is it's own reward, and very often other people come along look at that data and then find a practicable use for it. Much of what Einstein did was worthless at the time. His work on the concepts that you could stimulate electromagnetic emission. It wasn't until much later that the LASER was actually built.
Until studied whether or not they would read to television was only speculation.
Re:And in other news... (Score:1, Insightful)
Speak for yourself. :P
I dont watch trashy reality tv series.