caa a22 4500 605541906 CHVBK 20210128100919.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10071-015-0904-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10071-015-0904-y Baboons ( Papio papio ), but not humans, break cognitive set in a visuomotor task [Elektronische Daten] [Sarah Pope, Adrien Meguerditchian, William Hopkins, Joël Fagot] Cognitive set can be both helpful and harmful in problem solving. A large set of similar problems may be solved mechanically by applying a single-solution method. However, efficiency might be sacrificed if a better solution exists and is overlooked. Despite half a century of research on cognitive set, there have been no attempts to investigate whether it occurs in nonhuman species. The current study utilized a nonverbal, computer task to compare cognitive set between 104 humans and 15 baboons (Papio papio). A substantial difference was found between humans' and baboons' abilities to break cognitive set. Consistent with previous studies, the majority of humans were highly impaired by set, yet baboons were almost completely unaffected. Analysis of the human data revealed that children (aged 7-10) were significantly better able to break set than adolescents (11-18) and adults (19-68). Both the evolutionary and developmental implications of these findings are discussed. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2015 Cognitive set nationallicence Baboons nationallicence Einstellung nationallicence Problem solving nationallicence Strategies nationallicence Comparative nationallicence Pope Sarah Neuroscience Institute and Language Research Center, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA aut Meguerditchian Adrien Laboratory of Cognitive Psychology, CNRS, Aix Marseille University, UMR7290 CNRS and Federation 3C, 3 Place Victor Hugo, Bât 9, Case C, 13331, Marseille Cedex 3, France aut Hopkins William Neuroscience Institute and Language Research Center, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA aut Fagot Joël Laboratory of Cognitive Psychology, CNRS, Aix Marseille University, UMR7290 CNRS and Federation 3C, 3 Place Victor Hugo, Bât 9, Case C, 13331, Marseille Cedex 3, France aut Animal Cognition Springer Berlin Heidelberg 18/6(2015-11-01), 1339-1346 1435-9448 18:6<1339 2015 18 10071 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-015-0904-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-015-0904-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pope Sarah Neuroscience Institute and Language Research Center, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Meguerditchian Adrien Laboratory of Cognitive Psychology, CNRS, Aix Marseille University, UMR7290 CNRS and Federation 3C, 3 Place Victor Hugo, Bât 9, Case C, 13331, Marseille Cedex 3, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hopkins William Neuroscience Institute and Language Research Center, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fagot Joël Laboratory of Cognitive Psychology, CNRS, Aix Marseille University, UMR7290 CNRS and Federation 3C, 3 Place Victor Hugo, Bât 9, Case C, 13331, Marseille Cedex 3, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Animal Cognition Springer Berlin Heidelberg 18/6(2015-11-01), 1339-1346 1435-9448 18:6<1339 2015 18 10071