Animal Cognition: Time Flies When Chimps Are Having Fun

Sarah R. Heilbronner; Michael L. Platt

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2007.10.012

Animal Cognition: Time Flies When Chimps Are Having Fun

Sarah R. Heilbronner, Michael L. Platt

Neuroscience

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Abstract

Chimpanzees, like children, actively distract themselves to cope with waiting for a desired but delayed reward. Self-control may thus be a capacity we share with our nonhuman primate relatives.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	R1008-R1010
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	17
Issue number	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2007.10.012
State	Published - Dec 4 2007

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