Research Article

Arithmetic-Like Reasoning in Wild Vervet Monkeys: A Demonstration of Cost-Benefit Calculation in Foraging

Figure 3

Subtraction sequences for the “2−1−1” (a) and “(2−1)−1” (b) conditions. The upper row shows the actual movement of the cup and bread pieces, and the lower row indicates the hypothesized view (1, 2) and representation (3, 4, 5) of bread pieces in the monkey’s mind for each condition.
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(a) Simultaneous visibility
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(b) Successive visibility