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Why humans and other primates care so much about fairness, with Sarah Brosnan, PhD

Speaking of Psychology

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How Animals React to Inequity Can Help Us Understand Human Behavior

Lance, a female monkey at San Diego Zoo, is the only one who can do aimed overhand throwing. The monkeys would push rewards back out or knock them out of our hand when we tried to experiment with them. Research like this helps us understand human behavior and why people care so much about fairness.

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