Stress reduction through consolation in chimpanzees

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 25, 2008, Pages 8557-8562

  Fraser, Orlaith N ^a   Stahl, Daniel ^b   Aureli, Filippo ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empathy; Pan troglodytes; Postconflict behavior; Social relationships

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHIMPANZEE; CONFLICT; CONSOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS;

AGGRESSION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMALS; EMPATHY; PAN TROGLODYTES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS;

HOMINIDAE; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 47249102031     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0804141105     Document Type: Article

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