Chimpanzees Perform Better on Computer Tasks When There Is an Audience, Study Finds

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By Cristen Hemingway JaynesDec 16, 2024, 5:27 pm246 pts
When we have an audience, it can affect how well we perform. New research has found that the performance of chimpanzees on challenging computer tasks is influenced by how many humans are watching. The findings of the study suggest that the “audience effect” existed before reputation-based human societies, a…

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Chimpanzees Perform Better on Computer Tasks When There Is an Audience, Study Finds

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