Selfish strategies develop in social problem situations in chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) mother-infant pairs

Animal Cognition

Volumn 12, Issue 1 SUPPL, 2009, Pages

  Yamamoto, Shinya ^a,b   Tanaka, Masayuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Mother infant relationship; Reciprocal cooperation; Self regard; Social problem situation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

ANIMAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; FEMALE; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOLOGY; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MOTHERS; PAN TROGLODYTES; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70449395061     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-009-0276-2     Document Type: Article

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