Psychology
8 years ago

Humans Uniquely Gifted with Social Cognition, Chimpanzees Lag Behind

Psychological Science
The Structure of Individual Differences in the Cognitive Abilities of Children and Chimpanzees
Esther Herrmann, Marı́a Victoria Hernández-Lloreda, Josep Call, Brian Hare, Michael Tomasello

Paper Summary

The study compared cognitive abilities in chimpanzees and human children. Both species share spatial cognition skills, but children have additional factors for physical and social cognition. This suggests that humans have evolved specialized social cognitive skills beyond those of chimpanzees.

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