An experimental examination of female responses to infant face coloration in rhesus macaques

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 253-256

  Gerald, Melissa S ^a   Waitt, Corri ^a,b   Maestripieri, Dario ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant; Natal facial colour; Primate; Rhesus macaque

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; COLOR; DIGITAL IMAGE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CARE; PRIMATE;

AGE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; NONHUMAN; RHESUS MONKEY; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; MACACA MULATTA; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 33750003385     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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