S3: E15 Your Mind on Great Ape Social Cognition with Dr. Laura Lewis

Minds Matter by Beth Fisher and Ava Ma de Sousa

Episode notes

What do the social lives of chimps and bonobos reveal about human cognition? Join us as biological anthropologist & comparative psychologist Dr. Laura Lewis tells us about the social structures of our closest living relatives & shares her research on how chimps and bonobos remember friends and foes and manage their social attention. Beth and Ava discuss how to think about the similarities and differences between humans and other great apes.

Keywords
psychologygreat apessocial cognitionbonoboschimpsevolution