Decoding Academia 36: Revenge of the Chimpanzees Patreon Series

Decoding the Gurus by Christopher Kavanagh and Matthew Browne

Jul 8, 202627:58Society & Culture

In this Decoding Academia episode, we venture into comparative psychology, focusing on a fascinating line of work by Fumihiro Kano and colleagues on social intelligence and theory of mind in great apes. By showing apes s...

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