Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) Do not form expectations based on their partner's outcomes

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-70

  Brosnan, Sarah F ^a   Flemming, Timothy ^a   Talbot, Catherine F ^a   Mayo, Laura ^b   Stoinski, Tara ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ZOO ATLANTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergent evolution; Expectation; Great apes; Inequity; Orangutan; Pongo pygmaeus; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; ORANG UTAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PONGO PYGMAEUS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

HOMINIDAE; PAN; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 79957567785     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000328142     Document Type: Article

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