When given the opportunity, chimpanzees maximize personal gain rather than “level the playing field”

We provided chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) with the ability to improve the quality of food rewards they received in a dyadic test of inequity. We were interested to see if this provision influenced their responses and, if so, whether it was mediated by a social partner’s outcomes. We tested eight dya...

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Main Authors: Lydia M. Hopper, Susan P. Lambeth, Steven J. Schapiro, Sarah F. Brosnan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2013-09-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/165.pdf