Variation in neophilia in seven primate species.

• DOI: 10.1037/com0000377
• Publication Date: 2024-04-04T13:05:10Z
• Authors: Christoforos Soug...; Miquel Llorente; Filippo Aureli; Josep Call; Federica Amici
• Keywords: Variation (astronomy)

Neophilia is a measure of individuals' attraction to novelty and thought provide important fitness benefits related the acquisition information ability solve novel problems. Although neophilia vary across individuals species, few studies have made direct comparisons assess factors that predict this variation. Here we operationalized as probability interacting with objects compared response familiar in 53 captive belonging seven different primate species: chimpanzees