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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Haroon Siddique

Monkeys favour music over screen time, say researchers

Three white-faced sakis could choose to listen to audio or visual stimuli in the study at Korkeasaari zoo, Helskini.
Three white-faced sakis could choose to listen to audio or visual stimuli in the study at Korkeasaari zoo, Helskini. Photograph: China News Service/VCG/Getty Images

Monkeys given their own “primate-focused” versions of Spotify and Netflix were more likely to choose audio stimuli over screen time, a study has found.

Researchers at the University of Glasgow and Aalto University in Finland set out to explore how a group of three white-faced saki monkeys at Korkeasaari zoo in Helsinki would respond to being able to trigger audio or visual stimuli on demand.

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