Playing With the Face: Playful Facial "Chattering" and Signal Modulation in a Monkey Species (Theropithecus gelada)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-21

  Palagi, Elisabetta ^a,b   Mancini, Giada ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human laughter homology; Ontogenetic transition; Play face; Strategic signals; Theropithecus gelada

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEROPITHECUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEROPITHECUS;

EID: 79952087236     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020869     Document Type: Article

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