Problem Solving in the Presence of Others: How Rank and Relationship Quality Impact Resource Acquisition in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Katherine A. Cronin; Bridget A. Pieper; Edwin J. C. van Leeuwen; Roger Mundry; Daniel B. M. Haun

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0093204

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Problem Solving in the Presence of Others: How Rank and Relationship Quality Impact Resource Acquisition in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Katherine A. Cronin ,

* E-mail: Katherine.Cronin@mpi.nl

Affiliations Comparative Cognitive Anthropology Research Group, Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Bridget A. Pieper,

Affiliation Dane County Humane Society, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Edwin J. C. van Leeuwen,

Affiliations Comparative Cognitive Anthropology Research Group, Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Roger Mundry,

Affiliation Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
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Daniel B. M. Haun

Affiliations Comparative Cognitive Anthropology Research Group, Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
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Problem Solving in the Presence of Others: How Rank and Relationship Quality Impact Resource Acquisition in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Katherine A. Cronin,
Bridget A. Pieper,
Edwin J. C. van Leeuwen,
Roger Mundry,
Daniel B. M. Haun

Published: April 2, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093204

About the Authors

Katherine A. Cronin

* E-mail: Katherine.Cronin@mpi.nl

Affiliations Comparative Cognitive Anthropology Research Group, Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Bridget A. Pieper

Affiliation Dane County Humane Society, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Edwin J. C. van Leeuwen

Roger Mundry

Affiliation Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany

Daniel B. M. Haun

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KAC BAP EJCvL DBMH. Performed the experiments: KAC BAP. Analyzed the data: KAC RM. Wrote the paper: KAC BAP EJCvL DBMH.

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