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

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Volumn 2013, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hopper, Lydia M ^a,b,c   Lambeth, Susan P ^b   Schapiro, Steven J ^b,d   Brosnan, Sarah F ^b,c  

^a LINCOLN PARK ZOO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Food choice; Individual contrast; Inequity; Pan troglodytes; Response facilitation; Social facilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELERY; CHIMPANZEE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; GRAPE; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NONHUMAN; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84885094140     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.165     Document Type: Article

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