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Social presence enhances dominant behaviors but also consumes cognitive control resources in primates. This social facilitation increases cognitive conflict and impairs response inhibition, highlighting the cognitive demands of group living.

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Primate Behavior
Social Psychology

Background:

Social presence typically enhances dominant responses across species.
Primates possess evolved cognitive control mechanisms that interact with social influences.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate how social presence affects cognitive control in primates during conflict response tasks.
To determine if social presence enhances dominant responses at the cost of cognitive resources.

Main Methods:

Baboons performed computer-based conflict response tasks under social presence and isolation conditions.
Behavioral data on response inhibition and conflict resolution were analyzed.

Main Results:

Social presence enhanced dominant responses but also increased cognitive conflicts.
Baboons under social presence showed reduced ability to inhibit learned actions and utilize past conflict experience.
Cognitive control resources were demonstrably consumed in social contexts.

Conclusions:

Social presence in primates not only facilitates dominant responses but also demands significant cognitive control.
This increased demand may explain difficulties in suppressing inappropriate behaviors in social settings.
The cognitive cost of sociality could be a driving force in primate and human intelligence evolution.