Capuchins do cooperate: the advantage of an intuitive task
Capuchins do cooperate: the advantage of an intuitive task
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DOI：
10.1006/anbe.2000.1512
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发表时间：
2000-10-01
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影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
de Waal, FBM
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作者：
Mendres, KA;de Waal, FBM
我们使用合作拉动任务来检查圈养棕色卷尾猴（Cebus apella）合作的近期方面。具体来说，我们的目标是确定卷尾猴是否能够了解其伴侣参与任务与成功完成任务之间的偶然性。我们检查了猴子是否通过视觉监视它们的伴侣并根据伴侣的存在调整拉动行为。对五对同性成年人的结果表明，（1）消除伴侣之间的视觉接触会显着降低成功率，（2）受试者在合作测试中比在不需要伴侣协助的对照测试中更多地扫视他们的伴侣，（3）当伴侣在场而不是不在场时，他们的拉动率明显更高。因此，与 Chalmeau 等人之前的报告相反。 (1997, Animal Behaviour, 54, 1215-1225)，合作的卷尾猴似乎确实能够考虑其伴侣的角色。然而，所使用的任务类型可能是影响所达到的协调水平的重要因素。 (C) 2000 年动物行为研究协会。
We used a cooperative pulling task to examine proximate aspects of cooperation in captive brown capuchin monkeys, Cebus apella. Specifically, our goal was to determine whether capuchins can learn the contingency between their partner's participation in a task and its successful completion. We examined whether the monkeys visually monitored their partners and adjusted pulling behaviour according to their partner's presence. Results on five same-sex pairs of adults indicate that (1) elimination of visual contact between partners significantly decreased success, (2) subjects glanced at their partners significantly more in cooperative tests than in control tests in which no partner-assistance was needed, and (3) they pulled at significantly higher rates when their partner was present rather than absent. Therefore, in contrast to a previous report by Chalmeau et al. (1997, Animal Behaviour, 54, 1215-1225), cooperating capuchins do seem able to take the role of their partner into account. However, the type of task used may be an important factor affecting the level of coordination achieved. (C) 2000 The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour.