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> To test the idea, the team showed 24 bonobos another set of animated videos in which one cartoon character repeatedly prevents another one from claiming a cov
by anjc 9y ago
> To test the idea, the team showed 24 bonobos another set of animated videos in which one cartoon character repeatedly prevents another one from claiming a coveted spot. The apes generally preferred the character who hogged the spot over the one who yielded.
> they showed 24 bonobos animated videos of a Pac-Man-like shape as it struggles to climb a hill. Then another cartoon shape enters the scene.
Nevermind the 'jerk' part, I'm impressed that researchers are interpreting ape preferences via cartoons
- bitwize 9y agoMe too. If you showed one group of humans Bugs Bunny and another group of humans Care Bears, they would show a marked preference for Bugs Bunny (who usually abuses poor Elmer Fudd) because it's funnier. Does that mean humans prefer jerks, or just jerky cartoon characters?
- true_religion 9y agoWell to be fair to Bugs Bunny, he is a prey animal trying to avoid being killed. One might say that people just prefer underdogs winning.