Chimpanzees are rational, not conformists

Friday, December 13, 2013 - 11:00 in Biology & Nature

Chimpanzees are sensitive to social influences but they maintain their own strategy to solve a problem rather than conform to what the majority of group members are doing. However, chimpanzees do change their strategy when they can obtain greater rewards, researchers found.

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