Chimpanzees' behavioral flexibility, social tolerance, and use of tool-composites in a progressively challenging foraging problem

Summary: Behavioral flexibility is a critical ability allowing animals to respond to changes in their environment. Previous studies have found evidence of inflexibility when captive chimpanzees are faced with changing task parameters. We provided two groups of sanctuary-housed chimpanzees with a for...

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Main Authors: Rachel A. Harrison, Edwin J.C. van Leeuwen, Andrew Whiten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-02-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004221000018