Chimpanzees like to copy human visitors to the zoo - Ig Nobel prize

Gabriela-Alina Sauciuc; Tomas Persson

Chimpanzees like to copy human visitors to the zoo - Ig Nobel prize

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Abstract

How good is your best chimpanzee impression? Go to the zoo and you probably wouldn’t be surprised to see people copying chimpanzees in order to grab their attention. But our latest research, which recently won the Ig Nobel Prize for Anthropology, suggests you are just as likely to see chimpanzees imitating the human visitors.

Original language	English
Number of pages	3
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publication status	Published - 2018 Oct 19

Subject classification (UKÄ)

Behavioral Sciences Biology

Free keywords

imitation
chimpanzees
cross-species interaction
zoo visitors
play
Ig Nobel

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1 Paper in conference proceeding
1 Article

Spontaneous cross-species imitation in interaction between chimpanzees and zoo visitors
Persson, T., Sauciuc, G.-A. & Madsen, E., 2018 Jan, In: Primates. 59, 1, p. 19-29
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
The social side of imitation in human evolution and development: Shared intentionality and imitation games in chimpanzees and 6-month old infants
Sauciuc, G.-A., Persson, T. & Madsen, E., 2017 Oct 27, Proceedings of the 13th SweCog Conference. Arweström Jansson, A., Axelsson, A., Andreasson, R. & Billing, E. (eds.). Skövde: University of Skövde, p. 21-23 (Skövde University Studies in Informatics ; vol. 2017, no. 2).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Paper in conference proceeding › peer-review

Open Access

1 Finished

Social bonding as a facilitator of intra- and cross-species imitation
Madsen, E. A. (PI), Sauciuc, G.-A. (Researcher), Persson, T. (Researcher) & Lenninger, S. (Researcher)
2013/01/01 → 2015/12/31
Project: Research

Lund University Primate Research Station Furuvik
Persson, T. (Manager)
Cognitive Science
Infrastructure

1 Media participation

Interviewed for "Everything is Alive" podcast
Sauciuc, G.-A. (Interviewee)
2019 May 4
Activity: Other › Media participation

Ig Nobel Prize
Persson, T. (Recipient), Sauciuc, G.-A. (Recipient) & Madsen, E. (Recipient), 2018 Sept 13
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

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Chimpanzees like to copy human visitors to the zoo - Ig Nobel prize

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Spontaneous cross-species imitation in interaction between chimpanzees and zoo visitors

The social side of imitation in human evolution and development: Shared intentionality and imitation games in chimpanzees and 6-month old infants

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Social bonding as a facilitator of intra- and cross-species imitation

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Lund University Primate Research Station Furuvik

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Interviewed for "Everything is Alive" podcast

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Ig Nobel Prize

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