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SUMMARY:Experimental Studies of Social Intelligence  in Chimpanzees - Prof
  Satoshi Hirata (Wildlife Research Center of Kyoto University\, Japan)
DTSTART:20150304T163000Z
DTEND:20150304T173000Z
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CONTACT:Aurélien Mounier
DESCRIPTION:Prof Hirata will present several of his current research topic
 s on social intelligence in chimpanzees. These studies are based on creati
 ng several experimental social situations in which chimpanzees compete wit
 h each other\, learn tool using behaviours from another individual\, or co
 operate with their partners. For instance\, in a cooperative experiment\, 
 two chimpanzees are offered a task in which they are required to pull each
  end of a rope simultaneously to drag blocks supporting food into reach. T
 he chimpanzees demonstrated abilities to coordinate their behaviour throug
 h trial and error and communicative behaviour emerged during the task\, bu
 t the communication differed according to the identity of the partner. Pro
 f Hirata also used advanced technologies such as eye-tracking\, event-rela
 ted potential measurements\, and ultrasound sonography to study chimpanzee
  intelligence and behaviour from a comparative \ncognitive perspective.
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, Henry Wellcome Building\, Division of Biological A
 nthropology\, Fitzwilliam Street\, Cambridge\, CB2 3QG
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