Head-cocking as a form of exploration in the common marmoset and its development

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 551-560

  Kaplan, Gisela ^a   Rogers, Lesley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Development; Exploration; Head cocking; Marmoset; Novelty

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; HEAD MOVEMENT; LICKING; MARMOSET; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PROGENY; RETINA FOVEA; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL CORTEX;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CALLITHRIX; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FIXATION, OCULAR; GROOMING; HEAD MOVEMENTS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR;

CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; MARMOSETS;

EID: 33750324299     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20155     Document Type: Article

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