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SUBMITTER: Harrison RA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7820130 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Harrison Rachel A RA van Leeuwen Edwin J C EJC Whiten Andrew A
iScience 20210105 2
Behavioral flexibility is a critical ability allowing animals to respond to changes in their environment. Previous studies have found evidence of inflexibility when captive chimpanzees are faced with changing task parameters. We provided two groups of sanctuary-housed chimpanzees with a foraging task in which solutions were restricted over time. Initially, juice could be retrieved from within a tube by hand or by using tool materials, but effective solutions were then restricted by narrowing the ...[more]