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The Joint Simon task is not joint for capuchin monkeys

Scientific reports, 2024-03, Vol.14 (1), p.5937-5937 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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  • Title:
    The Joint Simon task is not joint for capuchin monkeys
  • Author: Martínez, Mayte ; Babb, Matthew H ; Range, Friederike ; Brosnan, Sarah F
  • Subjects: Animals ; Cebus - physiology ; Cooperation ; Cues
  • Is Part Of: Scientific reports, 2024-03, Vol.14 (1), p.5937-5937
  • Description: Human cooperation can be facilitated by the ability to create a mental representation of one's own actions, as well as the actions of a partner, known as action co-representation. Even though other species also cooperate extensively, it is still unclear whether they have similar capacities. The Joint Simon task is a two-player task developed to investigate this action co-representation. We tested brown capuchin monkeys (Sapajus [Cebus] apella), a highly cooperative species, on a computerized Joint Simon task and found that, in line with previous research, the capuchins' performance was compatible with co-representation. However, a deeper exploration of the monkeys' responses showed that they, and potentially monkeys in previous studies, did not understand the control conditions, which precludes the interpretation of the results as a social phenomenon. Indeed, further testing to investigate alternative explanations demonstrated that our results were due to low-level cues, rather than action co-representation. This suggests that the Joint Simon task, at least in its current form, cannot determine whether non-human species co-represent their partner's role in joint tasks.
  • Publisher: England: Nature Publishing Group
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: EISSN: 2045-2322
    DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-55885-x
    PMID: 38467698
  • Source: MEDLINE
    PubMed Central
    ProQuest Central
    DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
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