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Social cognition and metacognition in great apes: a theory.

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Tomasello, M
Published in: Animal cognition
January 2023

Twenty-five years ago, at the founding of this journal, there existed only a few conflicting findings about great apes' social-cognitive skills (theory of mind). In the 2 ½ decades since, we have discovered that great apes understand the goals, intentions, perceptions, and knowledge of others, and they use this knowledge to their advantage in competitive interactions. Twenty-five years ago there existed basically no studies on great apes' metacognitive skills. In the 2 ½ decades since, we have discovered that great apes monitor their uncertainty and base their decisions on that, or else decide to gather more information to make better decisions. The current paper reviews the past 25 years of research on great ape social cognition and metacognition and proposes a theory about how the two are evolutionarily related.

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Animal cognition

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EISSN

1435-9456

ISSN

1435-9448

Publication Date

January 2023

Volume

26

Issue

1

Start / End Page

25 / 35

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Cognition
  • Metacognition
  • Hominidae
  • Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology
  • Animals
  • 52 Psychology
  • 31 Biological sciences
  • 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
  • 06 Biological Sciences
 

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Tomasello, M. (2023). Social cognition and metacognition in great apes: a theory. Animal Cognition, 26(1), 25–35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-022-01662-0
Tomasello, Michael. “Social cognition and metacognition in great apes: a theory.Animal Cognition 26, no. 1 (January 2023): 25–35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-022-01662-0.
Tomasello M. Social cognition and metacognition in great apes: a theory. Animal cognition. 2023 Jan;26(1):25–35.
Tomasello, Michael. “Social cognition and metacognition in great apes: a theory.Animal Cognition, vol. 26, no. 1, Jan. 2023, pp. 25–35. Epmc, doi:10.1007/s10071-022-01662-0.
Tomasello M. Social cognition and metacognition in great apes: a theory. Animal cognition. 2023 Jan;26(1):25–35.
Journal cover image

Published In

Animal cognition

DOI

EISSN

1435-9456

ISSN

1435-9448

Publication Date

January 2023

Volume

26

Issue

1

Start / End Page

25 / 35

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Cognition
  • Metacognition
  • Hominidae
  • Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology
  • Animals
  • 52 Psychology
  • 31 Biological sciences
  • 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
  • 06 Biological Sciences