A Deeper Dive into Prosocial Behavior

What do we learn by studying prosocial behavior in non-human primates? What are some difficulties this research faces? In this episode we discuss some of the exciting discoveries and problems we face conducting this type of research with monkeys. 

 

References specifically mentioned in the episode: 

Cronin, K. A. (2012). Prosocial behaviour in animals: the influence of social relationships, communication and rewards. Animal Behaviour, 84(5), 1085-1093.

 

Hopper, L. M., & Cronin, K. A. (2018). What Did You Get? What Social Learning, Collaboration, Prosocial Behaviour, and Inequity Aversion Tell Us About Primate Social Cognition. In Evolution of Primate Social Cognition (pp. 13-26). Springer, Cham.

 

Marshall-Pescini, S., Dale, R., Quervel-Chaumette, M., & Range, F. (2016). Critical issues in experimental studies of prosociality in non-human species. Animal Cognition, 19(4), 679-705.

 

Silk, J. B., Brosnan, S. F., Henrich, J., Lambeth, S. P., & Shapiro, S. (2013). Chimpanzees share food for many reasons: the role of kinship, reciprocity, social bonds and harassment on food transfers. Animal behaviour, 85(5), 941-947.