Rhesus monkeys correctly read the goal-relevant gestures of a human agent

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1620, 2007, Pages 1913-1918

  Hauser, Marc D ^a,b   Glynn, David ^a   Wood, Justin ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communicative intent; Gestures; Goals; Phylogeny; Primates

Indexed keywords

CANID; DOMESTICATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; SIGNALING;

ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FOX; GESTURE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MACACA MULATTA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES; UROCYON CINEREOARGENTEUS; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 34548501260     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0586     Document Type: Article

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