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Human and macaque pairs coordinate differently in a dyadic decision game with face-to-face action visibility

Sebastian Möller, View ORCID ProfileAnton M. Unakafov, View ORCID ProfileJulia Fischer, View ORCID ProfileAlexander Gail, Stefan Treue, View ORCID ProfileIgor Kagan
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.13.983551
Sebastian Möller
1Cognitive Neurosciences Laboratory, German Primate Center – Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, Kellnerweg 4, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
2Georg-Elias-Müller-Institute of Psychology, University of Goettingen, Gosslerstrasse 14, 37073, Germany
3Leibniz ScienceCampus Primate Cognition, Kellnerweg 4, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
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Anton M. Unakafov
1Cognitive Neurosciences Laboratory, German Primate Center – Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, Kellnerweg 4, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
2Georg-Elias-Müller-Institute of Psychology, University of Goettingen, Gosslerstrasse 14, 37073, Germany
3Leibniz ScienceCampus Primate Cognition, Kellnerweg 4, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
4Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Am Fassberg 17, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
5Campus Institute for Dynamics of Biological Networks, Hermann-Rein-Straße 3 37075, Goettingen, Germany
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Julia Fischer
3Leibniz ScienceCampus Primate Cognition, Kellnerweg 4, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
6Cognitive Ethology Laboratory, German Primate Center – Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, Kellnerweg 4, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
7Department of Primate Cognition, Johann-Friedrich-Blumenbach Institute for Zoology and Anthropology, University of Goettingen, Germany
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Alexander Gail
1Cognitive Neurosciences Laboratory, German Primate Center – Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, Kellnerweg 4, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
2Georg-Elias-Müller-Institute of Psychology, University of Goettingen, Gosslerstrasse 14, 37073, Germany
3Leibniz ScienceCampus Primate Cognition, Kellnerweg 4, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
8Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Am Fassberg 17, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
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Stefan Treue
1Cognitive Neurosciences Laboratory, German Primate Center – Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, Kellnerweg 4, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
2Georg-Elias-Müller-Institute of Psychology, University of Goettingen, Gosslerstrasse 14, 37073, Germany
3Leibniz ScienceCampus Primate Cognition, Kellnerweg 4, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
8Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Am Fassberg 17, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
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Igor Kagan
1Cognitive Neurosciences Laboratory, German Primate Center – Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, Kellnerweg 4, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
3Leibniz ScienceCampus Primate Cognition, Kellnerweg 4, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
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Abstract

Interactions of group-living primates with conspecifics range from cooperation to competition. Game theory allows testing the strategies that underlie such interactions, but in classical theory, agents act simultaneously or sequentially. Many real-world decisions, however, are made while directly observing partner’s actions. To investigate social decision-making under conditions of face-to-face action visibility, we developed a setup where two agents observe each other and reach to targets on a shared transparent display, enabling naturalistic interactions we call “transparent games”. Here we compared human and macaque pairs in the transparent version of the coordination game “Bach or Stravinsky”, which rewards coordination but entails the conflict about which of the two individually-preferred coordinated options to choose. Most human pairs developed coordinated behavior, and 53% adopted dynamic coordination via turn-taking to equalize the payoffs. All macaque pairs also converged on coordination, but in a simpler, static way: persistently selecting one of the two coordinated options or one of the two display sides. Two animals that underwent training with a turn-taking human confederate learned to coordinate dynamically. When tested as a pair, they mostly converged on the faster monkey’s preferred option, and a dynamic coordination emerged as animals spontaneously took turns in leading to their respective preferred option and following to the other’s. The observed choices were captured by modeling a probability to see the other’s action before own movement. Importantly, such competitive turn-taking was unlike the benevolent turn-taking in humans, who equally often initiated switches to and from their preferred option. Our findings demonstrate that dynamic coordination is not restricted to humans – although it serves a selfish motivation in macaques – and emphasize the importance of action visibility in the emergence and maintenance of coordination.

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  • ↵a Shared senior authorship

  • Abbreviations

    AR
    Average reward
    BoS
    Bach or Stravinsky game (also known as the Battle of the Sexes)
    DCR
    Dynamic coordination reward
    MI
    Mutual information
    MIS
    Mutual information between side choices
    MIT
    Mutual information between target color choices
    (i)PD
    (iterated) Prisoner’s dilemma
    RT
    Reaction time
    SOC
    Share of own choices
    SLC
    Share of left choices
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    Human and macaque pairs coordinate differently in a dyadic decision game with face-to-face action visibility
    Sebastian Möller, Anton M. Unakafov, Julia Fischer, Alexander Gail, Stefan Treue, Igor Kagan
    bioRxiv 2020.03.13.983551; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.13.983551
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    Sebastian Möller, Anton M. Unakafov, Julia Fischer, Alexander Gail, Stefan Treue, Igor Kagan
    bioRxiv 2020.03.13.983551; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.13.983551

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