Long-term consistency in chimpanzee consolation behaviour reflects empathetic personalities
Non-human animals are known to exhibit behaviours suggestive of empathy, but the development and maintenance of these traits is unexplored. Here, Webb and colleagues quantify individual consolation tendencies over 10 years across two chimpanzee groups and show evidence of consistent ‘empathetic pers...
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| author | Christine E. Webb Teresa Romero Becca Franks Frans B. M. de Waal |
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| description | Non-human animals are known to exhibit behaviours suggestive of empathy, but the development and maintenance of these traits is unexplored. Here, Webb and colleagues quantify individual consolation tendencies over 10 years across two chimpanzee groups and show evidence of consistent ‘empathetic personalities’. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1cf5ea08d3de48169e0e6343ed8a1e7c2022-12-21T23:00:33ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232017-08-01811810.1038/s41467-017-00360-7Long-term consistency in chimpanzee consolation behaviour reflects empathetic personalitiesChristine E. Webb0Teresa Romero1Becca Franks2Frans B. M. de Waal3Living Links, Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Psychology Department, Emory UniversityLiving Links, Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Psychology Department, Emory UniversityAnimal Welfare Program, University of British ColumbiaLiving Links, Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Psychology Department, Emory UniversityNon-human animals are known to exhibit behaviours suggestive of empathy, but the development and maintenance of these traits is unexplored. Here, Webb and colleagues quantify individual consolation tendencies over 10 years across two chimpanzee groups and show evidence of consistent ‘empathetic personalities’.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00360-7 |
| spellingShingle | Christine E. Webb Teresa Romero Becca Franks Frans B. M. de Waal Long-term consistency in chimpanzee consolation behaviour reflects empathetic personalities Nature Communications |
| title | Long-term consistency in chimpanzee consolation behaviour reflects empathetic personalities |
| title_full | Long-term consistency in chimpanzee consolation behaviour reflects empathetic personalities |
| title_fullStr | Long-term consistency in chimpanzee consolation behaviour reflects empathetic personalities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Long-term consistency in chimpanzee consolation behaviour reflects empathetic personalities |
| title_short | Long-term consistency in chimpanzee consolation behaviour reflects empathetic personalities |
| title_sort | long term consistency in chimpanzee consolation behaviour reflects empathetic personalities |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00360-7 |
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