Theory of mind in nonhuman primates

CM Heyes - Behavioral and brain sciences, 1998 - cambridge.org
Since the BBS article in which Premack and Woodruff (1978) asked “Does the chimpanzee
have a theory of mind?,” it has been repeatedly claimed that there is observational and …

Theory of mind in animals: Current and future directions

C Krupenye, J Call - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Theory of mind (ToM; aka, mind‐reading, mentalizing, mental‐state attribution, and
perspective‐taking) is the ability to ascribe mental states, such as desires and beliefs, to …

Teaching varies with task complexity in wild chimpanzees

S Musgrave, E Lonsdorf, D Morgan… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Cumulative culture is a transformative force in human evolution, but the social
underpinnings of this capacity are debated. Identifying social influences on how …

Cuttlefish exert self-control in a delay of gratification task

AK Schnell, M Boeckle, M Rivera… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The ability to exert self-control varies within and across taxa. Some species can exert self-
control for several seconds whereas others, such as large-brained vertebrates, can tolerate …

Elephants as an animal model for self-domestication

L Raviv, SL Jacobson, JM Plotnik… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Humans are unique in their sophisticated culture and societal structures, their complex
languages, and their extensive tool use. According to the human self-domestication …

Altruistic food sharing behavior by human infants after a hunger manipulation

RC Barragan, R Brooks, AN Meltzoff - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Altruistic behavior entails giving valuable benefits to others while incurring a personal cost.
A distinctively human form of altruistic behavior involves handing nutritious food to needy …

Targeted hel** and cooperation in zoo-living chimpanzees and bonobos

S Nolte, J Call - Royal Society Open Science, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Directly comparing the prosocial behaviour of our two closest living relatives, bonobos and
chimpanzees, is essential to deepening our understanding of the evolution of human …

Adult bonobos show no prosociality in both prosocial choice task and group service paradigm

J Verspeek, EJC Van Leeuwen, DW Laméris, N Staes… - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
Previous studies reported contrasting conclusions concerning bonobo prosociality, which
are likely due to differences in the experimental design, the social dynamics among subjects …

A review of research in primate sanctuaries

SR Ross, JG Leinwand - Biology letters, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
While non-human primate studies have long been conducted in laboratories, and more
recently at zoological parks, sanctuaries are increasingly considered a viable setting for …

Just kidding: the evolutionary roots of playful teasing

J Eckert, SL Winkler, EA Cartmill - Biology letters, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Accounts of teasing have a long history in psychological and sociological research, yet
teasing itself is vastly underdeveloped as a topic of study. As a phenomenon that moves …