> In another experiment (I think referenced by Sapolsky), an animal (primate) watches a human perform a ritual that produces a reward (treat). When the animal i

> In another experiment (I think referenced by Sapolsky), an animal (primate) watches a human perform a ritual that produces a reward (treat). When the animal is given the same challenge, they dispose of all of the ritualistic steps and only do the relevant steps. But, when a young Human watches, they will repeat the entire ritual I was initially sceptical of this but some googling led me to [0]. Quite fascinating. For a more general survey of how primates learn by observation have a look at [1] [0] https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10071-004-0239-6 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10071-004-0239-6 [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5934467/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5934467/