Social disappointment and partner presence affect long-tailed macaque refusal behaviour in an ‘inequity aversion’ experiment

Protest in response to unequal reward distribution is thought to have played a central role in the evolution of human cooperation. Some animals refuse food and become demotivated when rewarded more poorly than a conspecific, and this has been taken as evidence that non-human animals, like humans, pr...

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Main Authors: Rowan Titchener, Constance Thiriau, Timo Hüser, Hansjörg Scherberger, Julia Fischer, Stefanie Keupp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2023-03-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.221225