Do chimpanzees learn reputation by observation? Evidence from direct and indirect experience with generous and selfish strangers

Animal Cognition

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 611-623

  Subiaul, Francys ^a,b   Vonk, Jennifer ^b,c   Okamoto Barth, Sanae ^b,d   Barth, Jochen ^b,d  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Eavesdropping; Reputation; Social learning; Third party interactions

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ALTRUISM; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

PAN;

EID: 51549093997     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-008-0151-6     Document Type: Article

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