Mechanisms underlying responses to inequitable outcomes in chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1229-1237

  Brosnan, Sarah F ^a,b   Talbot, Catherine ^a,b   Ahlgren, Megan ^b   Lambeth, Susan P ^b   Schapiro, Steven J ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Expectation inequity; Pan troglodytes; Prosocial behaviour; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PRIMATE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 77957268359     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.02.019     Document Type: Article

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