Social learning in pig-tailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina) and adult humans (Homo sapiens) on a two-action artificial fruit.

@article{Custance2006SocialLI,
  title={Social learning in pig-tailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina) and adult humans (Homo sapiens) on a two-action artificial fruit.},
  author={Deborah M. Custance and Emanuela Prato-Previde and Caterina Spiezio and Marco M. Rigamonti and Marco D Poli},
  journal={Journal of comparative psychology},
  year={2006},
  volume={120 3},
  pages={
          303-13
        }
}
An artificial fruit (AF) was used to test for social learning in pig-tailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina) and adult humans (Homo sapiens). A monkey demonstrator opened the AF, showing alternative methods to 2 groups of cage mates. Video films of the monkey demonstrations were presented to adult humans. Compared with chimpanzees and children, the macaques watched the demonstrations significantly less and in a much more sporadic manner. They also produced only very weak and transitory evidence of… 
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