Chimps know when they are right

New York: Just like humans, chimpanzees too can display confidence when they are right, new research says. Our primate cousins are capable of metacognition and can adjust their behaviour accordingly, the researchers found. Metacognition occurs when individuals monitor what they know and do not know, when they seek information they need to know and when they respond to a question with high or low confidence. Confidence measures are clear means of looking at how humans monitor their own knowledge status. The research team wanted to know if non-human animals show similar behavioural indications of confidence and uncertainty.