[Koglist] [CEU Cogsci Talks] Nicolas Claidiere (CNRS, France), Wednesday April 2, 4 pm: ``New insights into the social cognition of non-human primates using automatic cognitive testing``

Dear All, The CEU Department of Cognitive Science cordially invites you to the following talk by: Nicolas Claidiere<https://www.nicolas.claidiere.fr/> (CNRS, France) Date: Wednesday, April 2, 2024 Time: 4 pm (to 5:30 pm) CET Venue: D001 (QS Vienna) and Zoom: https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/94235796863?pwd=ypT78f5kbFiuTxT9TcJEGYA37Z3Sbo.1&… Meeting ID: 942 3579 6863 Passcode: 299698 Chair: Gergely Csibra and Mariem Diane Title: New insights into the social cognition of non-human primates using automatic cognitive testing Abstract: Humans live in large groups, and this is thought to have played a key role in the success of our species because group life can bring important benefits such as hunting of large preys, defence against predators, division of labour, cooperative care of babies and infants, etc. However, group life results in a constant trade-off between group benefits resulting from coordination, cooperation and the sharing of information and increased within-group competition for food and mating resources. To increase the benefits and mitigate the costs, humans use a variety of strategies to solve collective problems. I will present results from a set of recent experiments using the automatic cognitive testing system developed by Joel Fagot in 2008 and revamped in 2018 that suggest that monkeys are also strategic when solving collective problems. We presented our group of 18 Guinea baboons (Papio papio) first with a coordination problem and then with a cooperation one. We find that baboons develop systematic responses akin to human conventions with the coordination problem and use similar strategies to humans to solve the cooperation problem. These results show that Guinea baboons, like humans, can fine tune their behaviour to the actions of their partners to solve collective problems. Our results support the idea that humans' capacity for living in large cooperative groups is built upon deep evolutionary roots that allowed individuals to adjust their behaviours to their partners to make the most of group benefits. References: Formaux, A., Sperber, D., Fagot, J., & Claidière, N. (2023). Guinea baboons are strategic cooperators. Science Advances, 9(43), eadi5282. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adi5282 Formaux, A., Paleressompoulle, D., Fagot, J., & Claidière, N. (2021). The experimental emergence of convention in a non-human primate. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 377(1843), 20200310. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0310 Bio: Nicolas Claidiere is a CNRS research director at the Centre de Recherche en Psychologie et Neuroscience in Marseille, France. Director of the comparative cognition team and the Primate cognition and behaviour platform, he studies the evolution of social behaviour using a comparative approach with human and non-human primates. His main work focuses on social learning and cultural evolution, social network and network dynamics, and collective problem solving. Sincerely, Reka [Central European University] Györgyné Finta (Réka) Department Coordinator Department of Cognitive Science Pronouns: she/her | szabor@ceu.edu<mailto:szabor@ceu.edu> | +43 1 25230 5138 CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY Quellenstrasse 51 | A-1100 Vienna | Austria | www.ceu.edu<http://www.ceu.edu/> [signature_4100317087]<https://www.facebook.com/WeAreCEU/> [signature_3650446863] <https://www.instagram.com/weareceu/> [signature_2213595878] <https://at.linkedin.com/school/central-european-university/> [signature_973538284] <https://www.threads.net/@weareceu> [signature_3302971874] <https://twitter.com/ceu> ______________________________________________ Subscribe by sending an empty mail to talks-subscribe(a)cogsci.ceu.edu Unsubscribe by sending an empty mail to talks-unsubscribe(a)cogsci.ceu.edu