Chimpanzees show some evidence of selectively acquiring information by using tools, making inferences, and evaluating possible outcomes.

Metacognition refers to thinking about one's thinking or knowing what one knows. Research suggests that this ability is not unique to humans and may be shared with nonhuman animals. In particular, great apes have shown behaviors on a variety of tasks that are suggestive of metacognitive ability...

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Main Authors: Bonnie M Perdue, Theodore A Evans, Michael J Beran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5894953?pdf=render