Are apes inequity averse? New data on the token-exchange paradigm

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-181

  Bräuer, Juliane ^a   Call, Josep ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fairness; Inequity aversion; Other regarding preferences; Prosocial behavior; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD PREFERENCE; HOMINID; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOMINID; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOMINIDAE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIDEO RECORDING;

PAN; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 59449104076     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20639     Document Type: Article

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