Nerd Nite #54: Thinking Like a Primate

Tue, 05/22/2018 - 9:14am

When: April 19, 2018 at Live! 102 S. First Street

Humans are a really weird species. In particular, we cooperate a lot, and this helps us build up complex societies. What kinds of mental abilities help us to cooperate, and do other species also use similar mental abilities to help them cooperate? To start answering this question, Bettle talks about cooperation in our closest living relatives: chimpanzees.

About Rosie Bettle:

Rosie Bettle is a PhD student at the University of Michigan who studies how primates think about the world. When she isn’t thinking about the mental lives of monkeys, she is usually exploring Kerrytown, trying to find new nature-y spots, or sampling a different craft beer.