Can chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) happiness be estimated by human raters?

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-15

  King, James E ^a   Landau, Virginia I ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

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EID: 0037295140     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-6566(02)00527-5     Document Type: Article

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