A bonobo demonstrated the ability to track imaginary objects in controlled tests, challenging the belief that imagination is uniquely human and hinting at deep evolutionary roots. In a set of ...

A bonobo named Kanzi surprised scientists by successfully playing along in pretend tea party experiments, tracking imaginary juice and grapes as if they were real. He consistently pointed to the ...

Scientists showed for the first time that apes can use their imagination and play pretend, an ability previously thought to be unique to humans.

In a series of tea party-like experiments, Johns Hopkins University researchers demonstrated for the first time that apes can ...

Apes can use imaginary objects in the same way as human children, new research suggests. A series of tea party-like ...

New study reveals our closest relatives share the cognitive roots of imagination and pretense. Remember childhood tea parties ...

Little kids hosting make-believe tea parties is a fixture of childhood playtime and long presumed to be exclusively a human ...

We should never stifle the vivid imaginations of our children. But sometimes, it would be nice if they didn't imagine such creepy things!

Imaginary friends are common in early childhood and are usually a normal feature of cognitive and emotional development. For clinicians, the key challenge is distinguishing typical imaginative play ...

Terrified of a seemingly imaginary creature under her bed, yet unfazed when street rats crawl around her while she hides under a dumpster, young Aurora (Sophie Sloan) has learned to be precociously ...