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Teenage humans and teen chimpanzees are quite similar, according to new scientific study [1]
['David Pescovitz']
Date: 2023-01-30
"Human adolescents are grappling with changing bodies and brains, and tend to be more impulsive, risk-seeking, and less able to regulate emotions than adults," says University of Michigan psychology/anthropologist Dr. Alexandra Rosati. "Chimpanzees face many of the same kinds of challenges as humans as they grow up."
Rosati is lead author of a new study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology that examines decision-making in teen chimpanzees and finds similarities in human adolescence. The researchers devised tests that compared adult and teen chimps' risk-taking behaviors and tolerance for delayed gratification.
Teen chimps and teen humans are both much more likely to take risks than adults of their species, the scientists report. But when it comes to delayed gratification, teen chimps are more comfortable waiting for a "larger, delayed reward" than human teens who refuse to wait, even if the immediate reward is smaller.
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