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Inequity aversion in capuchins?

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  • Joseph Henrich

    (Emory University)

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Brosnan and de Waal1 have shown that capuchin monkeys are more likely to reject a cucumber slice after seeing that another capuchin has received a more attractive grape. In interpreting this finding, the authors make a link to work in humans on ‘inequity aversion’ and suggest that capuchins, like humans, may reject rewards because they are averse to unequal pay-offs. Here I argue that this interpretation suffers from three problems: the results contradict the predictions of the inequity-aversion model that Bosnan and de Waal cite2; experimental results indicate that humans do not behave like capuchins in similar circumstances; and the available evidence does not suggest that inequity aversion is cross-culturally universal3,4,5.

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  • Joseph Henrich, 2004. "Inequity aversion in capuchins?," Nature, Nature, vol. 428(6979), pages 139-139, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:428:y:2004:i:6979:d:10.1038_428139a
    DOI: 10.1038/428139a
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