Reciprocal Face-to-Face Communication between Rhesus Macaque Mothers and Their Newborn Infants

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 1768-1772

  Ferrari, Pier Francesco ^a,b   Paukner, Annika ^b   Ionica, Consuel ^b   Suomi, Stephen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MACACA; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

MACACA; MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 70350501980     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.08.055     Document Type: Article

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