Dear all,
In the next BERG/SHAIR meeting this week, Emilie Rapport Munro (St Andrews) will present
her latest work on ‘Emotional Responses & Agency Attribution in Chimpanzees’
Emilie will present in person (Wednesday 2nd, 4pm) in the Psychology Common Room. Hope to
see you all there.
Abstract: In this study, chimpanzees competed with four distinct virtual competitors that
varied in whether they were self-propelled or stationary, and whether they had animal
features or were simple geometric shapes. I used the frequency with which subjects
responded emotionally towards the competitors as a measure of whether they were
attributing agency to them. I found a significant effect of features, indicating that the
chimpanzees identified virtual animals as agents, even when they were not self-propelled.
link to attend online:
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NTliODBlNDQtMzM1MC00…
Best
Alex
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Dr. Alejandro Sanchez-Amaro
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University of Stirling
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