Animal cognition: time flies when chimps are having fun

Curr Biol. 2007 Dec 4;17(23):R1008-10. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.10.012.

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.

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Psychological / physiology*
  • Animals
  • Behavior, Animal / physiology*
  • Child
  • Choice Behavior
  • Cognition / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Impulsive Behavior / psychology*
  • Pan troglodytes / physiology*
  • Reward
  • Time Factors