Do magic tricks work on monkeys? Only if they have opposable thumbs like us. Psychologists tested how different species of monkey reacted to the famed French drop. Laura Baisas Apr 4, 2023 11:00 ...

Sleight-of-hand magic trick only fools monkeys with opposable thumbs Date: April 4, 2023 Source: University of Cambridge Summary: An illusion involving a hidden thumb confounds capuchin and ...

Can you fool a monkey with a magic trick? Only if it has opposable thumbs Sharing biomechanical ability may be key to anticipating movements of the same limbs in others.

The magic trick requires an opposable thumb, and the idea here was to test “whether having the manual capability to produce an action, such as holding an item between finger and thumb, is ...