Extent and limits of cooperation in animals

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages 10902-10909

  Cheney, Dorothy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Baboon; Chimpanzee; Mental state attribution; Reciprocity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; COOPERATION; EMOTION; KNOWLEDGE; MENTAL HEALTH; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA; PAN; PAPIO; PRIMATES;

EID: 79960621238     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1100291108     Document Type: Article

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