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The perception of prosocial agents by chimpanzees and humans

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2025
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Brocard, S., Berton, C., Wilson, V., Bickel, B., & Zuberbühler, K. (2025). The perception of prosocial agents by chimpanzees and humans. Royal Society Open Science, 12(11), 250916. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.250916

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The human propensity for prosocial behaviour has no equal, not even in our closest living relatives, the chimpanzees. However, it remains unclear whether this difference is grounded in the sheer perception and cognitive evaluation of prosociality. We investigated how two hominid species, chimpanzees and humans, perceive third-party social interactions with prosocial, neutral and antisocial agents. Using a touchscreen paradigm, human and chimpanzee participants freely selected between two actors after viewing their interactions, rangin

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12

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250916

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2025-11-01

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2025-11-21

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2054-5703

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Brocard, S., Berton, C., Wilson, V., Bickel, B., & Zuberbühler, K. (2025). The perception of prosocial agents by chimpanzees and humans. Royal Society Open Science, 12(11), 250916. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.250916

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