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EVApeCognition: An 18-Year Dataset of Great Ape Cognition
Alejandro Sánchez-Amaro1,2, Sonja J Ebel van Wijk3,4, Carin Molenaar3
1Division of Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK. alejandro.sanchezamaro@stir.ac.uk.
Abstract:
The study of great ape cognition offers insights into the evolutionary origins of human intelligence, but is hindered by small sample sizes and restricted access to data. To address this, we present the EVApeCognition Dataset, a publicly available resource comprising 262 experimental datasets from 150 scientific publications from the Wolfgang Köhler Primate Research Center (2004-2021) in Leipzig, Germany. Eighty-one apes participated in 150 studies, with a majority (N = 78) participating in more than one study. Publication of the dataset aims to make these unique datasets accessible for future meta-analyses and correlational analyses, helping us better understand how our great ape relatives think, learn, and behave.
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