Zijlstra, T. W. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6271-6141
van Berlo, E. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5523-7721
Kret, M. E. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3197-5084
Funding for this research was provided by:
European Research Council (714977)
Article History
Received: 15 January 2022
Accepted: 7 August 2022
First Online: 11 November 2022
Additional Information
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: This study received funding through the European Research Council (ERC) (Starting Grant #802979) and a grant from the Templeton World Charity Organization (#TWCF0267), awarded to MEK, and by The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Dobberke Foundation for Comparative Psychology Grant UPS/BP/4387 2014-3, to EvB.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All data and materials associated with this article can be found here: ExternalRef removed.
: All software and code adjustments that are associated with this paper will, after publication of the manuscript, be uploaded and made openly accessible on the archiving platform DataverseNL through the last author’s institute, Leiden University.
: TWZ, EvB, and MEK developed the study concept and designed the dot-probe task. Data were collected by TWZ and EvB. Data analysis was performed by TWZ and interpretation of results was performed by TWZ, EvB, and MEK. TWZ and EvB drafted the majority of the paper, with critical contributions of MEK. All authors approved the final version of the manuscript for submission.
: All procedures performed in the bonobo experiment were adhering to the guidelines of the EAZA Ex-situ Program (EEP), formulated by the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA), as well as to the guidelines formulated by the primate park Apenheul. Bonobos participated voluntarily and were only positively reinforced. All procedures performed in the human experiment were approved by the Psychology Research Ethics Committee of Leiden University (2020-08-25-M.E.Kret-V2-2570). All human participants gave their informed consent before taking part in the experiment.
: Apenheul provided written and signed consent for conducting our studies with bonobos. Human participants also gave digital consent before participating in the study.
: The authors confirm that Apenheul provided written and signed consent for publication of the data collected in the study, as well as for publication of the figures in the manuscript.
: The online version contains supplementary material available at ExternalRef removed.