Chimpanzees use self-distraction to cope with impulsivity
Chimpanzees use self-distraction to cope with impulsivity
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DOI：
10.1098/rsbl.2007.0399
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发表时间：
2007-12-22
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影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Beran, Michael J.
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作者：
Evans, Theodore A.;Beran, Michael J.
目前尚不清楚动物是否能像人类一样，采用行为策略来应对冲动。为了研究这个问题，我们测试了黑猩猩（Pan troglodytes）是否会把自我分心作为一种应对策略，在这种情况下，它们必须不断抑制对积累糖果的反应，以获得更多的奖励。我们在三种情况下对动物进行了测试，有时给它们一套玩具，有时允许它们接触堆积的糖果。当黑猩猩可以将注意力转移到玩具上时，它们会让奖励积累更长时间，然后才做出反应；当糖果触手可及时，它们会更多地操纵玩具。因此，黑猩猩用玩具来分散自己的注意力时，这种行为作为一种应对机制是最有益的。
It is unknown whether animals, like humans, can employ behavioural strategies to cope with impulsivity. To examine this question, we tested whether chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes) would use self-distraction as a coping strategy in a situation in which they had to continually inhibit responses to accumulating candies in order to earn a greater amount of those rewards. We tested animals in three conditions in which they were sometimes given a set of toys and were sometimes allowed physical access to the accumulating candies. Chimpanzees allowed the rewards to accumulate longer before responding when they could divert their attention to the toys, and they manipulated the toys more when the candies were physically accessible. Thus, chimpanzees engaged in self-distraction with the toys when such behaviour was most beneficial as a coping mechanism.