Human slowness in these games reflects effortful inhibition of automatic imitation

Evidence

For both species, Mismatchers took longer than Matchers. However, the humans took much longer than the chimps. It’s as if the humans were struggling to inhibit or suppress an automatic reaction. — Joseph Henrich, The Secret of Our Success, 100

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Chimpanzees outperform humans at strategic randomization in competitive games — Joseph Henrich, The Secret of Our Success: How Culture…, 99; Mind reading by simulation requires suppressing one’s own mental states — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 377; Constraints within activity domains paradoxically expand effective freedom of action (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Primed concepts unconsciously increase matching behaviors such as walking slowly or interrupting #corroborates (0.80)
• Mind reading by simulation requires suppressing one’s own mental states #corroborates (0.78) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 377
• Constraints within activity domains paradoxically expand effective freedom of action #qualifies (0.72)