期刊
BIOLOGY LETTERS
卷 3, 期 6, 页码 599-602出版社
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0399
关键词
self-distraction; self-control; impulsivity; chimpanzee; Pan troglodytes
资金
- NICHD NIH HHS [HD-38051, P01 HD038051] Funding Source: Medline
It is unknown whether animals, like humans, can employ behavioural strategies to cope with impulsivity. To examine this question, we tested whether chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes) would use self-distraction as a coping strategy in a situation in which they had to continually inhibit responses to accumulating candies in order to earn a greater amount of those rewards. We tested animals in three conditions in which they were sometimes given a set of toys and were sometimes allowed physical access to the accumulating candies. Chimpanzees allowed the rewards to accumulate longer before responding when they could divert their attention to the toys, and they manipulated the toys more when the candies were physically accessible. Thus, chimpanzees engaged in self-distraction with the toys when such behaviour was most beneficial as a coping mechanism.
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