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Melis, Alicia P., Engelmann, Jan M. and Warneken, Felix (2018) Correspondence : Chimpanzee helping is real, not a byproduct. Nature Communications, 9 . 615. doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02321-6
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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02321-6
Abstract
In their recent study, Tennie et al.1 argue that positive instances of chimpanzees helping others can be a byproduct of testing methods1. The study includes a new task where chimpanzees can behave prosocially toward a conspecific either through an action (GO-condition) or by omission (NO-GO condition). The study further aims to test whether stimulus enhancement or carry-over effects from prior experiences explain previous results. We agree that a helping-by-omission task could in principle provide intriguing new evidence for chimpanzee helping. However, here we raise a number of crucial methodological issues that question the current interpretation of the study’s results. Furthermore, the study fails to consider the evidence from prior work addressing these concerns.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QL Zoology | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Behavioural Science Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Chimpanzees -- Behavior., Cognition in animals., Chimpanzees -- Psychology., Tool use in animals., Social behavior in animals. | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Nature Communications | ||||||
| Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2041-1723 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 12 February 2018 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 9 | ||||||
| Article Number: | 615 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41467-017-02321-6 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access | ||||||
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