Chimpanzees and bonobos exhibit emotional responses to decision outcomes.
The interface between cognition, emotion, and motivation is thought to be of central importance in understanding complex cognitive functions such as decision-making and executive control in humans. Although nonhuman apes have complex repertoires of emotional expression, little is known about the rol...
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| description | The interface between cognition, emotion, and motivation is thought to be of central importance in understanding complex cognitive functions such as decision-making and executive control in humans. Although nonhuman apes have complex repertoires of emotional expression, little is known about the role of affective processes in ape decision-making. To illuminate the evolutionary origins of human-like patterns of choice, we investigated decision-making in humans' closest phylogenetic relatives, chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and bonobos (Pan paniscus). In two studies, we examined these species' temporal and risk preferences, and assessed whether apes show emotional and motivational responses in decision-making contexts. We find that (1) chimpanzees are more patient and more risk-prone than are bonobos, (2) both species exhibit affective and motivational responses following the outcomes of their decisions, and (3) some emotional and motivational responses map onto species-level and individual-differences in decision-making. These results indicate that apes do exhibit emotional responses to decision-making, like humans. We explore the hypothesis that affective and motivational biases may underlie the psychological mechanisms supporting value-based preferences in these species. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d0df8700441f47db956efa424ed8a8a82022-12-21T23:09:02ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032013-01-0185e6305810.1371/journal.pone.0063058Chimpanzees and bonobos exhibit emotional responses to decision outcomes.Alexandra G RosatiBrian HareThe interface between cognition, emotion, and motivation is thought to be of central importance in understanding complex cognitive functions such as decision-making and executive control in humans. Although nonhuman apes have complex repertoires of emotional expression, little is known about the role of affective processes in ape decision-making. To illuminate the evolutionary origins of human-like patterns of choice, we investigated decision-making in humans' closest phylogenetic relatives, chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and bonobos (Pan paniscus). In two studies, we examined these species' temporal and risk preferences, and assessed whether apes show emotional and motivational responses in decision-making contexts. We find that (1) chimpanzees are more patient and more risk-prone than are bonobos, (2) both species exhibit affective and motivational responses following the outcomes of their decisions, and (3) some emotional and motivational responses map onto species-level and individual-differences in decision-making. These results indicate that apes do exhibit emotional responses to decision-making, like humans. We explore the hypothesis that affective and motivational biases may underlie the psychological mechanisms supporting value-based preferences in these species.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23734175/?tool=EBI |
| spellingShingle | Alexandra G Rosati Brian Hare Chimpanzees and bonobos exhibit emotional responses to decision outcomes. PLoS ONE |
| title | Chimpanzees and bonobos exhibit emotional responses to decision outcomes. |
| title_full | Chimpanzees and bonobos exhibit emotional responses to decision outcomes. |
| title_fullStr | Chimpanzees and bonobos exhibit emotional responses to decision outcomes. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Chimpanzees and bonobos exhibit emotional responses to decision outcomes. |
| title_short | Chimpanzees and bonobos exhibit emotional responses to decision outcomes. |
| title_sort | chimpanzees and bonobos exhibit emotional responses to decision outcomes |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23734175/?tool=EBI |
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