When play is a family business: Adult play, hierarchy, and possible stress reduction in common marmosets

Primates

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 101-104

  Norscia, Ivan ^a   Palagi, Elisabetta ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Callithrix jacchus; Human and primate play; Linear hierarchy; Scratching; Short term benefits

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; PRIMATE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CALLITHRIX; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA; CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; HOMO SAPIENS; LEMURIDAE; MARMOSETS; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 79953235498     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-010-0228-0     Document Type: Article

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