• DOI:10.1016/S0028-3932(02)00152-5
Corpus ID: 8190458

Capuchin cognitive ecology: cooperation based on projected returns

@article{Waal2003CapuchinCE,
  title={Capuchin cognitive ecology: cooperation based on projected returns},
  author={F. Waal and J. M. Davis},
  journal={Neuropsychologia},
  year={2003},
  volume={41},
  pages={221-228}
}

F. Waal, J. M. Davis

Published 2003

Psychology, Medicine

Neuropsychologia

Stable cooperation requires that each party's pay-offs exceed those available through individual action. The present experimental study on brown capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) investigated if decisions about cooperation are (a) guided by the amount of competition expected to follow the cooperation, and (b) made instantaneously or only after a period of familiarization. Pairs of adult monkeys were presented with a mutualistic cooperative task with variable opportunities for resource… CONTINUE READING

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