Chimps outsmart humans at simple strategy games  The researchers
suggest one reason chimps are superior at such simple strategy
games is due to their excellent short-term memory. By Brooks
Hays   |   June 11, 2014 at 9:45 AM  PASADENA, Calif., June 11
(UPI) -- Complex cognitive reasoning skills don't always win out
in the game of life, or in basic strategy games like the
Inspection Game, the computer game chimpanzees recently
outperformed their competitors in during a Caltech study.  The
Inspection Game is really just a simple digital version of hide-
and-go-seek. Two players (in this case, either a pair of chimps
or a pair of humans) sit back to back, each facing their own
computer screen. The game begins with each competitor pushing a
circle on the screen and then selecting one of two blue boxes on
the either side (right or left) of the screen.  After both
players have chosen left or right, the computer shows each
player her opponent's choice. One player is designated the
seeker, the other the hider, with th