{"id":128378,"date":"2024-11-21T10:34:50","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T03:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128378"},"modified":"2024-11-21T10:34:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T03:34:50","slug":"chimpanzees-show-friendly-behaviors-are-contagious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128378","title":{"rendered":"Chimpanzees Show Friendly Behaviors Are Contagious"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Summary: <\/strong>Grooming and play behaviors in chimpanzees are contagious, fostering social bonds and harmony within their groups. Conducted at a wildlife orphanage, the research shows how observing others\u2019 positive actions encourages similar behaviors, with grooming occurring more often among close partners and play thriving among younger chimps. This suggests that positive social contagion is a mechanism for maintaining cooperative group dynamics.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers believe these findings provide insights into the evolution of human empathy and sociality. By studying chimpanzees, scientists gain a better understanding of how positive behaviors spread in group-living species. The study highlights the importance of social connections in maintaining stability and cooperation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Grooming spreads more often between close social partners, reflecting empathy.<\/li>\n<li>Play contagion is stronger among young chimps, supporting their social development.<\/li>\n<li>The study demonstrates how positive emotional contagion maintains group harmony.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong>Durham University<\/p>\n<p><strong>Researchers from Durham University have uncovered new insights into social contagion in chimpanzees, revealing that these primates are capable of catching friendly behaviours, which may strengthen social bonds and increase group harmony.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The study, conducted at the Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage in Zambia, observed two affiliative behaviours\u2014grooming and play\u2014and found that these behaviours can spread among group members in a way that promotes group cohesion.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><picture fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-106378\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neurosciencenews.com\/files\/2024\/11\/chimp-social-behavior-neurosicence.jpg.webp 1200w, https:\/\/neurosciencenews.com\/files\/2024\/11\/chimp-social-behavior-neurosicence-300x200.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/neurosciencenews.com\/files\/2024\/11\/chimp-social-behavior-neurosicence-770x513.jpg.webp 770w, https:\/\/neurosciencenews.com\/files\/2024\/11\/chimp-social-behavior-neurosicence-1155x770.jpg.webp 1155w, https:\/\/neurosciencenews.com\/files\/2024\/11\/chimp-social-behavior-neurosicence-370x247.jpg.webp 370w, https:\/\/neurosciencenews.com\/files\/2024\/11\/chimp-social-behavior-neurosicence-293x195.jpg.webp 293w, https:\/\/neurosciencenews.com\/files\/2024\/11\/chimp-social-behavior-neurosicence-150x100.jpg.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" src=\"https:\/\/neurosciencenews.com\/files\/2024\/11\/chimp-social-behavior-neurosicence.jpg\" alt=\"This shows chimps.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neurosciencenews.com\/files\/2024\/11\/chimp-social-behavior-neurosicence.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/neurosciencenews.com\/files\/2024\/11\/chimp-social-behavior-neurosicence-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/neurosciencenews.com\/files\/2024\/11\/chimp-social-behavior-neurosicence-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/neurosciencenews.com\/files\/2024\/11\/chimp-social-behavior-neurosicence-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/neurosciencenews.com\/files\/2024\/11\/chimp-social-behavior-neurosicence-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/neurosciencenews.com\/files\/2024\/11\/chimp-social-behavior-neurosicence-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/neurosciencenews.com\/files\/2024\/11\/chimp-social-behavior-neurosicence-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/> <\/picture><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Researchers note that these processes in chimpanzees could provide a model for understanding the evolutionary roots of human social behaviour and empathy. Credit: Neuroscience News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This groundbreaking study has been published in the journal <em>PLOS ONE<\/em>, which expands our understanding of social contagion, often thought to relate mostly to negative or neutral behaviours, by showing how positive social actions can also ripple through a community.<\/p>\n<p>Chimpanzees, much like humans, exhibit social and emotional awareness, and their behaviours can be influenced by observing others.<\/p>\n<p>In the study, individuals were more likely to begin grooming or playing after watching another chimp engage in the same activity. Importantly, grooming contagion tended to occur more frequently between close social partners, a pattern found with other empathic behaviours.<\/p>\n<p>Play contagion, on the other hand, was especially pronounced in younger chimpanzees, who often rely on play as a primary form of socialisation.<\/p>\n<p>The findings suggest that behavioural contagion may be an important mechanism underlying group dynamics in social animals, helping to maintain harmony and cooperative relationships.<\/p>\n<p>Lead author of the study, Georgia Sandars of Durham University said: \u201cResearching basic social processes in chimpanzees allows us to better understand healthy social functioning in our ape relatives, and gives insights into the evolution of human sociality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Researchers note that these processes in chimpanzees could provide a model for understanding the evolutionary roots of human social behaviour and empathy.<\/p>\n<p>By highlighting the role of positive emotional contagion in a non-human primate species, the study invites further exploration into how similar processes operate across animal species, potentially shaping group living and social stability.<\/p>\n<p>The study was conducted in a naturalistic, non-invasive manner, strictly adhering to ethical guidelines, and it involved over 200 hours of observation of 41 chimpanzees.<\/p>\n<p>This research underscores the adaptability of primates in social interaction and offers significant contributions to fields studying animal behaviour, empathy, and social bonding.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About this social neuroscience and evolution research news<\/h2>\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ffffe8\"><strong>Author: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/neurosciencenews.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#bfdecdded991cc91dbd6d1ffdbcacdd7ded291dedc91cad4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Araf Din<\/a><br \/><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/durham.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Durham University<\/a><br \/><strong>Contact: <\/strong>Araf Din \u2013 Durham University<br \/><strong>Image: <\/strong>The image is credited to Neuroscience News<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ffffe8\"><strong>Original Research: <\/strong>Open access.<br \/>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0312467\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ChimpanSEE, ChimpanDO: Grooming and play contagion in chimpanzees<\/a>\u201d by Georgia Sandars et al. <em>PLOS ONE<\/em><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-pale-cyan-blue-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\"\/>\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ChimpanSEE, ChimpanDO: Grooming and play contagion in chimpanzees<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Behavioural contagion\u2014the onset of a species-typical behaviour soon after witnessing it in a conspecific\u2014forms the foundation of behavioural synchrony and cohesive group living in social animals. Although past research has mostly focused on negative emotions or neutral contexts, the sharing of positive emotions in particular may be key for social affiliation.<\/p>\n<p>We investigated the contagion of two socially affiliative interactive behaviours, grooming and play, in chimpanzees.<\/p>\n<p>We collected naturalistic observations of\u00a0<em>N<\/em>\u00a0= 41 sanctuary-living chimpanzees at Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage, conducting focal follows of individuals following observations of a grooming or play bout, compared with matched controls. We then tested whether the presence and latency of behavioural contagion was influenced by age, sex, rank, and social closeness.<\/p>\n<p>Our results offer evidence for the presence of grooming and play contagion in sanctuary-living chimpanzees. Grooming contagion appeared to be influenced by social closeness, whilst play contagion was more pronounced in younger individuals.<\/p>\n<p>These findings emphasise that contagion is not restricted to negatively valenced or self-directed behaviours, and that the predictors of contagious behaviour are highly specific to the behaviour and species in question.<\/p>\n<p>Examining the factors that influence this foundational social process contributes to theories of affective state matching and is key for understanding social bonding and group dynamics.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- Form created by Optin Forms plugin by WPKube: create beautiful optin forms with ease! --> <!-- https:\/\/wpkube.com\/ --><!--optinforms-form5-container--> <!-- \/ Optin Forms --> <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/neurosciencenews.com\/contagious-social-behavior-neuroscience-28095\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: Grooming and play behaviors in chimpanzees are contagious, fostering social bonds and harmony within their groups. 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