Do chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) mentally represent collaboration?: Action-learning and communication in a partnered task

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 20; no. 6; p. e0325418
• Main Authors: Warren, Elizabeth, McEwen, Emma Suvi, Call, Josep
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.01.2025; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Action learning; Analysis; Animal Communication; Animals; Behavior; Behavior, Animal; Chimpanzees; Cognition & reasoning; Collaboration; Collective behavior; Communication; Cooperative Behavior; Female; Gestures; Humans; Investigations; Learning - physiology; Male; Mental representation; Monkeys & apes; Pan troglodytes; Pan troglodytes - physiology; Pan troglodytes - psychology; Primates; Social Behavior; Social conditions; Scotland
• ISSN: 1932-6203; 1932-6203
• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0325418

Non-human primates engage in complex collective behaviours, but existing research does not paint a clear picture of what individuals cognitively represent when they act together. This study investigates chimpanzees’ capacity for co-representation. If individuals represent others’ actions as they rel...