Findings suggest ‘audience effect’ predates the development of human societies based on reputation, researchers say.

When people have an audience watching them, it can change their performance for better or worse. Now, researchers reporting ...

Chimps are "show-offs" who perform better at complicated computer tasks when they have an audience, according to new research ...

[Related: Chimp conversations can take on human-like chaos.] To assess how this effect manifests in chimps, researchers at ...

Researchers from Japan’s Kyoto University have discovered that chimpanzees — humans’ closest living relatives — also exhibit this behavior. They studied chimpanzees interacting with touch screens, ...