So the chimps will be the ones to finally bring open office plans to an end?
Chimpanzees' performance on computer tasks changes when people watching them
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#12This might be why I do so well at a coffee shop sometimes.
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#13Checks out with what I read in "Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel."
Man, I read that book to my kids so many times I can probably still recite it in it's entirety.
I miss having little kids.
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#14Because they think they're getting treats for it, from the humans. I don't think they see any value in computer tasks other than getting treats.
They do the task because they know that they will get a good reward from an automatic feeder, with or without an audience. They might perceive them as competition, better get the treat before one of the hairless ones takes it. In private, just randomly mashi f the screen until the feeder is cooperative might be good enough, even if it takes a little longer.
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#15mean reversion to the level of available feedback seems like the principle at play.
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#16Pretty soon the apes in charge are going to be using this study to demand that the chimps return to the office 5 days per week.
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#17Interesting study. The performance increase on the difficult task as audience size increases is counterintuitive at first, but it makes sense when you consider how many humans excel at performing in front of large audiences. Yet for some of us the stress of being observed and scrutinized is crippling regardless of the task difficulty. I've bombed so many interviews because of this. :(
Well, some people is know for only do their job when a manager is around. They behave similar after all.
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#18Checks out with what I read in "Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel." Man, I read that book to my kids so many times I can probably still recite it in it's entirety. I miss having little kids.
Everyone tells you it goes fast but you really can't prepare for the whiplash you get when 20 years have slid by.
To anyone with little kids; no amount of money is worth the time you have with them. Literally none. You can never get that time back, and every experience for them is important.
Subsequently, I think I understand why parents are almost always better grandparents. They get it.
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#19Pretty much all of that headline has me saying "wait, what??"
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#20Checks out with what I read in "Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel." Man, I read that book to my kids so many times I can probably still recite it in it's entirety. I miss having little kids.
Everyone tells you it goes fast but you really can't prepare for the whiplash you get when 20 years have slid by. To anyone with little kids; no amount of money is worth the time you have with them. Literally none. You can never get that time back, and every experience for them is important. Subsequently, I think I understand why parents are almost always better grandparents. They get it.
YMMV