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Chimpanzee Behavioral Research
Videos from Yerkes National Primate Research Center
This work was conducted during my time as an undergraduate from 2014-2017
CHIMPANZEE COOPERATION TASK
I observed videos of a cooperative task with free-roaming chimpanzees. For the task, all chimpanzees must operate the handles at the same time in order for the food to be delivered.
COMPETITION MITIGATING BEHAVIORS & SOCIAL LEARNING
In this task, the chimpanzees used a variety of enforcement strategies to overcome competition (this example shows refusal to work in the presence of a freeloader). In one study I looked at the agonistic interactions of the individuals during the cooperative experiment. In a separate study I looked at the effect of the presence of experts on the learning of novices.
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