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Great apes anticipate that other individuals will act according to false beliefs
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Apes understand false beliefs: We humans tend to believe that our cognitive skills are unique, not only in degree, but also in kind. The more closely we look at other species, however, the clearer it becomes that the difference is one of degree. Krupenye et al. show that three different species of apes are able to anticipate that others may have mistaken beliefs about a situation (see the Perspective by de Waal). The apes appear to understand that individuals have different perceptions about the world, thus overturning the human-only paradigm of the theory of mind. Science , this issue p. 110 ; see also p. 39
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- Krupenye, C., Kano, F., Hirata, S., Call, J., & Tomasello, M.
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- Science
- Published
- 2016-10-07
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- 354
- Issue
- 6308
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- 110-114
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- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
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- W2528778242
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- en
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