Ebook: Cognitive Development in Chimpanzees

From an evolutionary perspective, understanding chimpanzees offers a way of understanding the basis of human nature. This book on cognitive development in chimpanzees is the first of its kind to focus on infants reared by their own mothers within a natural setting, illustrating various aspects of chimpanzee cognition and the developmental changes that accompany them. The subjects of this book are chimpanzees of three generations inhabiting an enriched environment as well as a wild community in West Africa; and phenomena such as face recognition, concept formation, object manipulation, tool manufacture and use, decision making, learning, communication, self-awareness, intentionality, understanding others’ minds, cooperation, deception, altruism, and reciprocity observed within these groups are reported herein. Unique approaches both in the field and in the laboratory go hand in hand to illustrate the cognitive world of our closest living evolutionary relatives.

---

From an evolutionary perspective, understanding chimpanzees offers a way of understanding the basis of human nature. This book on cognitive development in chimpanzees is the first of its kind to focus on infants reared by their own mothers within a natural setting, illustrating various aspects of chimpanzee cognition and the developmental changes that accompany them. The subjects of this book are chimpanzees of three generations inhabiting an enriched environment as well as a wild community in West Africa; and phenomena such as face recognition, concept formation, object manipulation, tool manufacture and use, decision making, learning, communication, self-awareness, intentionality, understanding others’ minds, cooperation, deception, altruism, and reciprocity observed within these groups are reported herein. Unique approaches both in the field and in the laboratory go hand in hand to illustrate the cognitive world of our closest living evolutionary relatives.

---

From an evolutionary perspective, understanding chimpanzees offers a way of understanding the basis of human nature. This book on cognitive development in chimpanzees is the first of its kind to focus on infants reared by their own mothers within a natural setting, illustrating various aspects of chimpanzee cognition and the developmental changes that accompany them. The subjects of this book are chimpanzees of three generations inhabiting an enriched environment as well as a wild community in West Africa; and phenomena such as face recognition, concept formation, object manipulation, tool manufacture and use, decision making, learning, communication, self-awareness, intentionality, understanding others’ minds, cooperation, deception, altruism, and reciprocity observed within these groups are reported herein. Unique approaches both in the field and in the laboratory go hand in hand to illustrate the cognitive world of our closest living evolutionary relatives.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XXVI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Sociocognitive Development in Chimpanzees: A Synthesis of Laboratory Work and Fieldwork....Pages 3-33
Front Matter....Pages 35-35
A New Comparative Perspective on Prenatal Motor Behaviors: Preliminary Research with Four-Dimensional Ultrasonography....Pages 37-47
Cognitive Abilities Before Birth: Learning and Long-Lasting Memory in a Chimpanzee Fetus....Pages 48-63
Spindle Neurons in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex of Humans and Great Apes....Pages 64-74
Descent of the Larynx in Chimpanzees: Mosaic and Multiple-Step Evolution of the Foundations for Human Speech....Pages 75-95
Understanding the Growth Pattern of Chimpanzees: Does It Conserve the Pattern of the Common Ancestor of Humans and Chimpanzees?....Pages 96-112
The Application of a Human Personality Test to Chimpanzees and Survey of Polymorphism in Genes Relating to Neurotransmitters and Hormones....Pages 113-124
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
Evolutionary Origins of the Human Mother-Infant Relationship....Pages 127-141
Development of Facial Information Processing in Nonhuman Primates....Pages 142-154
Development of Joint Attention in Infant Chimpanzees....Pages 155-171
Food Sharing and Referencing Behavior in Chimpanzee Mother and Infant....Pages 172-181
Development of Chimpanzee Social Cognition in the First 2 Years of Life....Pages 182-197
Front Matter....Pages 199-199
Chimpanzee Learning and Transmission of Tool Use to Fish for Honey....Pages 201-213
How and When Do Chimpanzees Acquire the Ability to Imitate?....Pages 214-232
Yawning: An Opening into Empathy?....Pages 233-245
How Social Influences Affect Food Neophobia in Captive Chimpanzees: A Comparative Approach....Pages 246-264
Tactical Deception and Understanding of Others in Chimpanzees....Pages 265-276
Front Matter....Pages 277-277
Early Spontaneous Categorization in Primate Infants—Chimpanzees, Humans, and Japanese Macaques—with the Familiarization-Novelty Preference Task....Pages 279-304
Processing of Shadow Information in Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and Human (Homo sapiens) Infants....Pages 305-316
Color Recognition in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)....Pages 317-329
Front Matter....Pages 277-277
Auditory-Visual Crossmodal Representations of Species-Specific Vocalizations....Pages 330-339
Spontaneous Categorization of Natural Objects in Chimpanzees....Pages 340-367
Cognitive Enrichment in Chimpanzees: An Approach of Welfare Entailing an Animal’s Entire Resources....Pages 368-391
Front Matter....Pages 393-393
Cognitive Development in Apes and Humans Assessed by Object Manipulation....Pages 395-410
Token Use by Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Choice, Metatool, and Cost....Pages 411-438
Behavioral Repertoire of Tool Use in the Wild Chimpanzees at Bossou....Pages 439-451
Ant Dipping in Chimpanzees: An Example of How Microecological Variables, Tool Use, and Culture Reflect the Cognitive Abilities of Chimpanzees....Pages 452-475
Ontogeny and Cultural Propagation of Tool Use by Wild Chimpanzees at Bossou, Guinea: Case Studies in Nut Cracking and Leaf Folding....Pages 476-508
Back Matter....Pages 509-522

---

From an evolutionary perspective, understanding chimpanzees offers a way of understanding the basis of human nature. This book on cognitive development in chimpanzees is the first of its kind to focus on infants reared by their own mothers within a natural setting, illustrating various aspects of chimpanzee cognition and the developmental changes that accompany them. The subjects of this book are chimpanzees of three generations inhabiting an enriched environment as well as a wild community in West Africa; and phenomena such as face recognition, concept formation, object manipulation, tool manufacture and use, decision making, learning, communication, self-awareness, intentionality, understanding others’ minds, cooperation, deception, altruism, and reciprocity observed within these groups are reported herein. Unique approaches both in the field and in the laboratory go hand in hand to illustrate the cognitive world of our closest living evolutionary relatives.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XXVI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Sociocognitive Development in Chimpanzees: A Synthesis of Laboratory Work and Fieldwork....Pages 3-33
Front Matter....Pages 35-35
A New Comparative Perspective on Prenatal Motor Behaviors: Preliminary Research with Four-Dimensional Ultrasonography....Pages 37-47
Cognitive Abilities Before Birth: Learning and Long-Lasting Memory in a Chimpanzee Fetus....Pages 48-63
Spindle Neurons in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex of Humans and Great Apes....Pages 64-74
Descent of the Larynx in Chimpanzees: Mosaic and Multiple-Step Evolution of the Foundations for Human Speech....Pages 75-95
Understanding the Growth Pattern of Chimpanzees: Does It Conserve the Pattern of the Common Ancestor of Humans and Chimpanzees?....Pages 96-112
The Application of a Human Personality Test to Chimpanzees and Survey of Polymorphism in Genes Relating to Neurotransmitters and Hormones....Pages 113-124
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
Evolutionary Origins of the Human Mother-Infant Relationship....Pages 127-141
Development of Facial Information Processing in Nonhuman Primates....Pages 142-154
Development of Joint Attention in Infant Chimpanzees....Pages 155-171
Food Sharing and Referencing Behavior in Chimpanzee Mother and Infant....Pages 172-181
Development of Chimpanzee Social Cognition in the First 2 Years of Life....Pages 182-197
Front Matter....Pages 199-199
Chimpanzee Learning and Transmission of Tool Use to Fish for Honey....Pages 201-213
How and When Do Chimpanzees Acquire the Ability to Imitate?....Pages 214-232
Yawning: An Opening into Empathy?....Pages 233-245
How Social Influences Affect Food Neophobia in Captive Chimpanzees: A Comparative Approach....Pages 246-264
Tactical Deception and Understanding of Others in Chimpanzees....Pages 265-276
Front Matter....Pages 277-277
Early Spontaneous Categorization in Primate Infants—Chimpanzees, Humans, and Japanese Macaques—with the Familiarization-Novelty Preference Task....Pages 279-304
Processing of Shadow Information in Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and Human (Homo sapiens) Infants....Pages 305-316
Color Recognition in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)....Pages 317-329
Front Matter....Pages 277-277
Auditory-Visual Crossmodal Representations of Species-Specific Vocalizations....Pages 330-339
Spontaneous Categorization of Natural Objects in Chimpanzees....Pages 340-367
Cognitive Enrichment in Chimpanzees: An Approach of Welfare Entailing an Animal’s Entire Resources....Pages 368-391
Front Matter....Pages 393-393
Cognitive Development in Apes and Humans Assessed by Object Manipulation....Pages 395-410
Token Use by Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Choice, Metatool, and Cost....Pages 411-438
Behavioral Repertoire of Tool Use in the Wild Chimpanzees at Bossou....Pages 439-451
Ant Dipping in Chimpanzees: An Example of How Microecological Variables, Tool Use, and Culture Reflect the Cognitive Abilities of Chimpanzees....Pages 452-475
Ontogeny and Cultural Propagation of Tool Use by Wild Chimpanzees at Bossou, Guinea: Case Studies in Nut Cracking and Leaf Folding....Pages 476-508
Back Matter....Pages 509-522
....