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Establishing an infrastructure for collaboration in primate cognition research

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Date
24/10/2019
Author
Altschul, Drew M.
Beran, Michael J.
Bohn, Manuel
Call, Josep
DeTroy, Sarah
Duguid, Shona J.
Egelkamp, Crystal L.
Fichtel, Claudia
Fischer, Julia
Flessert, Molly
Hanus, Daniel
Haun, Daniel B. M.
Haux, Lou M.
Hernandez-Aguilar, R. Adriana
Herrmann, Esther
Hopper, Lydia M.
Joly, Marine
Kano, Fumihiro
Keupp, Stefanie
Melis, Alicia P.
Motes Rodrigo, Alba
Ross, Stephen R.
Sánchez-Amaro, Alejandro
Sato, Yutaro
Schmitt, Vanessa
Schweinfurth, Manon Karin
Seed, Amanda Madeleine
Taylor, Derry
Voelter, Christoph Johannes
Warren, Elizabeth
Watzek, Julia
on behalf of Many Primates
Keywords
Evolution
Large-scale collaboration
Open science
Short-term memory
Delayed-response task
BF Psychology
DAS
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Abstract
Inferring the evolutionary history of cognitive abilities requires large and diverse samples. However, such samples are often beyond the reach of individual researchers or institutions, and studies are often limited to small numbers of species. Consequently, methodological and site-specific-differences across studies can limit comparisons between species. Here we introduce the ManyPrimates project, which addresses these challenges by providing a large-scale collaborative framework for comparative studies in primate cognition. To demonstrate the viability of the project we conducted a case study of short-term memory. In this initial study, we were able to include 176 individuals from 12 primate species housed at 11 sites across Africa, Asia, North America and Europe. All subjects were tested in a delayed-response task using consistent methodology across sites. Individuals could access food rewards by remembering the position of the hidden reward after a 0, 15, or 30-second delay. Overall, individuals performed better with shorter delays, as predicted by previous studies. Phylogenetic analysis revealed a strong phylogenetic signal for short-term memory. Although, with only 12 species, the validity of this analysis is limited, our initial results demonstrate the feasibility of a large, collaborative open-science project. We present the ManyPrimates project as an exciting opportunity to address open questions in primate cognition and behaviour with large, diverse datasets.
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Altschul , D M , Beran , M J , Bohn , M , Call , J , DeTroy , S , Duguid , S J , Egelkamp , C L , Fichtel , C , Fischer , J , Flessert , M , Hanus , D , Haun , D B M , Haux , L M , Hernandez-Aguilar , R A , Herrmann , E , Hopper , L M , Joly , M , Kano , F , Keupp , S , Melis , A P , Motes Rodrigo , A , Ross , S R , Sánchez-Amaro , A , Sato , Y , Schmitt , V , Schweinfurth , M K , Seed , A M , Taylor , D , Voelter , C J , Warren , E , Watzek , J & on behalf of Many Primates 2019 , ' Establishing an infrastructure for collaboration in primate cognition research ' , PLoS One , vol. 14 , no. 10 , e0223675 . https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223675
Publication
PLoS One
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223675
ISSN
1932-6203
Type
Journal article
Rights
Copyright: © 2019 Altschul et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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URL
https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/3xu7q
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/18779

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