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SUBMITTER: Dumas F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5454261 | biostudies-other | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Dumas F F Fagot J J Davranche K K Claidière N N
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20170501 1855
Comparing oneself with others is an important characteristic of human social life, but the link between human and non-human forms of social comparison remains largely unknown. The present study used a computerized task presented in a social context to explore psychological mechanisms supporting social comparison in baboons and compare major findings with those usually observed in humans. We found that the effects of social comparison on subject's performance were guided both by similarity (same ...[more]