| When monkeys
play dumb
Low-ranking rhesus
monkeys do poorly on a learning task only if they see dominant monkeys
hanging around.
References:
Drea, C.M., and
K. Wallen. 1999. Low-status monkeys "play dumb" when
learning in mixed social groups. Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences 96(Oct. 26):12965.
Further Readings:
Bower, B. 1999.
The mental butler did it. Science News 156(Oct. 30):280.
Sources:
Christine M.
Drea
Duke University
Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy
Box 90383
Durham, NC 27708
Kim Wallen
Emory University
Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center
Atlanta, GA 30322
From Science
News, Vol. 156, No. 19, November 6, 1999, p. 299. Copyright © 1999,
Science Service. |