Bolder Marmoset Monkeys Learn Faster Than Shy Ones

Cognitive capabilities in marmoset monkeys are influenced by both their personality as well as family group membership

 

 

Vienna, Austria, May 10^th, 2022: Individual traits seem to drive our learning success: for instance, conscientious individuals often show higher academic performance. A group of cognitive and behavioural biologists from University of Vienna conducted personality assessments and a battery of learning tests with common marmosets and found that such a link, intertwined with family group membership, exists in these monkeys, too. The study results were recently published in the journal “Scientific Reports”.

 

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Original Publication:

Šlipogor, V., Graf, C., Massen, J.J.M., & Bugnyar, T. (2022). Personality and social environment predict cognitive performance in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). Scientific Reports 12, 6702.

Personality and social environment predict cognitive performance in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) | Scientific Reports (nature.com)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-10296-8

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