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10.1038/s41598-024-55885-x
The Joint Simon task is not joint for capuchin monkeys
Human cooperation can be facilitated by the ability to create a mental representation of one's own actions, as well as the actions of a partner, known as action co-representation. Even though other species also cooperate extensively, it is still unclear whether they have similar capacities. The Joint Simon task is a two-player task developed to investigate this action co-representation. We tested brown capuchin monkeys (Sapajus [Cebus] apella), a highly cooperative species, on a computerized Joint Simon task and found that, in line with previous research, the capuchins' performance was compatible with co-representation. However, a deeper exploration of the monkeys' responses showed that they, and potentially monkeys in previous studies, did not understand the control conditions, which precludes the interpretation of the results as a social phenomenon. Indeed, further testing to investigate alternative explanations demonstrated that our results were due to low-level cues, rather than action co-representation. This suggests that the Joint Simon task, at least in its current form, cannot determine whether non-human species co-represent their partner's role in joint tasks.
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Animals; Cebusphysiology; Cues
2024-05-10T09:16:04.018Z
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N:MartÃnez;Mayte;
FN:Mayte MartÃnez
X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8380-3073
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N:Brosnan;Sarah F.;
FN:Sarah F. Brosnan
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N:Babb;Matthew H.;
FN:Matthew H. Babb
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N:Range;Friederike;
FN:Friederike Range
X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3127-5536
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