Effects of parity and age on female attraction to faces of infants and neonates in rhesus macaques

Primates

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 164-167

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Females; Infant attractiveness; Parity; Rhesus macaque

Indexed keywords

AGE; FAMILIARITY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; NEONATE;

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FACE; FEMALE; MACACA; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PARITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FACE; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PARITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

MACACA; MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 33947267595     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-006-0018-x     Document Type: Article

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