Social Coordination: Patience Is a Virtue for Vervet Monkeys

Social Coordination: Patience Is a Virtue for Vervet Monkeys

Free-ranging vervet monkeys can solve a complex, multi-player coordination problem, learning to remain outside a ‘forbidden circle’ imposed by one member of the troop, in the absence of any social learning, communication, or policing by more dominant animals.

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Veröffentlicht in:Current biology 2013-04, Vol.23 (8), p.R311-R313
Hauptverfasser: Barrett, Louise, Henzi, S. Peter
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animals
Cercopithecus aethiops - physiology
Cercopithecus aethiops - psychology
Female
Learning
Male
monkeys
Problem Solving
social dominance
vocalization
wild animals
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Zusammenfassung:Free-ranging vervet monkeys can solve a complex, multi-player coordination problem, learning to remain outside a ‘forbidden circle’ imposed by one member of the troop, in the absence of any social learning, communication, or policing by more dominant animals.
ISSN:0960-9822
1879-0445
DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2013.02.052