Yerkes Study Shows Chimpanzees Respond Empathetically to Animations
September 10, 2009
September 10, 2009
ATLANTA, Sept. 10 -- Emory University Woodruff Health Sciences Center issued the following news release:
In the only study of its kind, researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have documented the first example of a nonhuman primate empathizing with a computer animation. The study, which is available in the current edition of The Proceedings of the Royal Society B, demonstrated chimpanzees respond empathetically to animated chimpanzees, showing . . .
In the only study of its kind, researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have documented the first example of a nonhuman primate empathizing with a computer animation. The study, which is available in the current edition of The Proceedings of the Royal Society B, demonstrated chimpanzees respond empathetically to animated chimpanzees, showing . . .