Allogrooming as a tension‐reduction mechanism: A behavioral approach

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 43-50

  Schino, Gabriele ^a   Scucchi, Stefano ^a   Maestripieri, Dario ^a   Turillazzi, Pier Giovanni ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

allogrooming; displacement activities; frustration; Macaca fascicularis; postinhibitory rebound; social tension

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; GROOMING; MACACA; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS;

EID: 0023777671     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.1350160106     Document Type: Article

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