Aping expressions? chimpanzees produce distinct laugh types when responding to laughter of others

Emotion

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1013-1020

  Davila Ross, Marina ^a   Allcock, Bethan ^a   Thomas, Chris ^a   Bard, Kim A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Evolution; Laugh elicited laughter; Positive expressions; Social play

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; EMOTION; NONHUMAN; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LAUGHTER; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 80053945544     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022594     Document Type: Article

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