• Question: If the apes succeed in completing the puzzles what affect does that have on your research and what do they recieve from completing them?

    Asked by to Lewis, Jess, Clare on 18 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by .
    • Photo: Lewis Dean

      Lewis Dean answered on 18 Mar 2014:

      There are many examples of monkeys and apes solving the puzzles that we set them. We want to make puzzles that aren’t too easy, but also not far too hard for our monkeys and apes to get.

      Sometimes we might be interested in how an idea spreads through a group (do some monkeys copy others and who do they copy?). Then we are really interested in making sure that the puzzle can be solved by some of the monkeys.

      We usually give away food that the animals like – things like grapes, raisins or peanuts. They love this food.

    • Photo: Jess Smith

      Jess Smith answered on 18 Mar 2014:

      I don’t work with apes. But when we do well in labs our supervisor (boss) takes us out for drinks… a similar idea I think!!

    • Photo: Clare Nevin

      Clare Nevin answered on 18 Mar 2014:

      I don’t work with apes either!

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