Do capuchin monkeys (<i>Sapajus apella</i>) use exploration to form intuitions about physical properties?

Jordan, Eleanor J.; Völter, Christoph J.; Seed, Amanda M.

doi:10.1080/02643294.2022.2088273

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“…This framework increases the fission–fusion dynamics of chimpanzees, that is, their social agency and their cognitive agency (Matsuzawa, 2020). Other labs provide similar voluntary participation testing stations associated with group-living, such as the Goffin laboratory in Vienna with cockatoos ( Cacatua goffini ; O'Hara et al, 2021) or the Living Links station with nonhuman primates at Edinburgh zoo (Jordan et al, 2022). This principle is not restricted to vertebrates, as ants, for instance, showed their abilities to escape their captive nest when it was not well designed, thanks to behaviors as rafting, bridging, jumping, or even using tool (Dussutour & Wystrach, 2022).…”

Section: Animal Agencymentioning

confidence: 99%

Incorporating animal agency into research design could improve behavioral and neuroscience research.

Sueur¹,

Zanaz²,

Péle³

2023

Journal of Comparative Psychology

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Despite increasing numbers of publications showing that many animals possess the neural substrates involved in emotions and consciousness and exhibit agency in their behavior, many animals are still restrained and forced to take part in applied or fundamental research. However, these restraints and procedures, because they stress animals and limit the expression of adaptive behavior, may result in compromised findings. Researchers should alter their research paradigms to understand the mechanisms and functions of the brain and behavior so that the paradigms incorporate animals’ agency. This article discusses how animal agency cannot only be the key to more wide-ranging and improved research in existing domains but can also lead to new research questions about behavior and brain evolution.

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Section: Animal Agencymentioning

confidence: 99%