Experience has a limited effect on humans' ability to predict the outcome of social interactions in children, dogs and macaques.

ABSTRACT: The ability to predict others' behaviour represents a crucial mechanism which allows individuals to react faster and more appropriately. To date, several studies have investigated humans' ability to predict conspecifics' behaviour, but little is known on our ability to predict behaviour in other species. Here, we aimed to test humans' ability to predict social behaviour in dogs, macaques and humans, and assess the role played by experience and evolution on the emergence of this ability. For this purpose, we presented participants with short videoclips of real-life social interactions in dog, child and macaque dyads, and then asked them to predict the outcome of the observed interactions (i.e. aggressive, neutral or playful). Participants were selected according to their previous species-sp

SUBMITTER: Donnier S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7718882 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature