Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) as Living Fossils of Hominoid Personality and Subjective Well-Being

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 72-83

  Weiss, Alexander ^a   Adams, Mark James ^a   Widdig, Anja ^b   Gerald, Melissa S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Personality; Primate; Rhesus macaque; Stability; Well being

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOMINID; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AFFECT; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HOMINIDAE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONALITY;

EID: 79952079475     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021187     Document Type: Article

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