Social facilitation of eating familiar food in tufted capuchins (Cebus apella):: does it involve behavioral coordination?

被引:34
作者
Galloway, AT [1 ]
Addessi, E
Fragaszy, DM
Visalberghi, E
机构
[1] Appalachian State Univ, Dept Psychol, Boone, NC 28608 USA
[2] CNR, Inst Cognit Sci & Technol, Unit Cognit Primatol, I-00197 Rome, Italy
[3] Penn State Univ, Dept Psychol, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
关键词
capuchin monkey; social facilitation; feeding behavior;
D O I
10.1007/s10764-005-0729-7
中图分类号
Q95 [动物学];
学科分类号
071002 ;
摘要
Social facilitation of eating familiar foods might serve to synchronize eating activities within groups. We aimed to assess whether capuchins (Cebus apella) are prompted to eat when observing other conspecifics eating a familiar food. Subjects were 8 male captive-born tufted capuchins. One pair of capuchins acted as demonstrators for the other 6 observer subjects. In the Experimental condition, the demonstrator pair was given fresh chow in addition to having access to the leftover food and ate continuously. In the Control condition, the demonstrator pair had access to food leftover from the morning feed and ate very little. The initiation of feeding by the demonstrator pair prompted the initiation of feeding behavior in the observers, and the latter ate significantly more of their leftovers in the Experimental than in the Control condition. The tempo of the social facilitation of eating familiar foods in capuchins support isomorphic coordination, a process that occurs when one individual's activity focuses the attention of another individual to the same activity, thereby increasing behavioral similarity in a group.
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页码:181 / 189
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