Chimpanzees work better when watched by audience, study suggests

Chimps Might Perform Difficult Tasks Better when Watched: Study

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Chimpanzees perform better on challenging computer tasks when they have an audience

When people have an audience watching them, it can change their performance for better or worse. Now, researchers have found that chimpanzees' performance on computer tasks is influenced by the number of people watching them. The findings suggest that this 'audience effect' predates the development of reputation-based human societies, the researchers say.

Chimpanzees work better when watched by audience, study suggests

Six chimpanzees at a Kyoto research centre were observed carrying out touchscreen tasks. A research team found the animals were better at harder tasks when watched - but worse at easier tasks.

Under pressure: chimps perform differently with an audience

Chimpanzee Pal doing task 3, which involves pressing numbers in ascending order on a touchscreen once covered up. Credit: Akiho Muramatsu Does having eyes on you change how well you perform a task? If so, you’re not alone because new research has found the same for chimpanzees. The study in the journal iScience has found chimps’ cognitive performance can be influenced by the presence of audience members. The study analysed data from 6 captive ch…

Chimpanzees use computer better when they have an audience

Scientists say effect of audience on performance may not be specific to humans

Chimps do better at difficult tasks when they have an audience

An analysis of thousands of cognitive tests carried out by chimpanzees finds that the number of spectators influenced their performance in different ways depending on the difficulty of the task