Behavioral rule-learning accounts, formalized by Heyes and others, predict chimpanzee gaze-following data at least as well as mindreading accounts without invoking unobservable mental state attribution.

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Behavioral rule-learning accounts(as used in animal cognition research): Scientific explanations that say animals learn to copy what others do by following simple patterns or rules, without needing to understand what those others are thinking.
Formalized(as describing how scope fallacies have been studied in logic): Written out using a strict, systematic method (usually with symbols or mathematical notation) so it can be studied precisely.
Gaze-following(as used in studying animal behavior): When one animal looks in the same direction as another animal is looking—for example, when a chimp follows where another chimp is staring.
Heyes(as a key researcher in comparative psychology): Cecilia Heyes, a psychologist who studies how animals learn and develop abilities, particularly known for her work on imitation and social learning in primates.

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