What's in it for me? Self-regard precludes altruism and spite in chimpanzees

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1589, 2006, Pages 1013-1021

  Jensen, Keith ^a   Hare, Brian ^a   Call, Josep ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioural biology; Evolutionary psychology; Game theory; Inequity; Pan troglodytes

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONSPECIFIC; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GAME THEORY; MUTUALISM; PRIMATE;

ALTRUISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHIMPANZEE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; GENETICS; MOTIVATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY;

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

ALTRUISM; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; MOTIVATION; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 33744506403     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3417     Document Type: Article

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