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Direct linkRobert Hepach; Michael Tomasello – Child Development Perspectives, 2025
Chimpanzees and other great apes seem to be much less cooperative than humans overall, yet they nevertheless reliably help others in many instrumental circumstances. Although in many contexts the helping behavior of chimpanzees is quite similar to that of human children, recent studies using both behavioral and psychophysiological paradigms have…
Descriptors: Animals, Cooperation, Prosocial Behavior, Children
