A comparison of temperament in nonhuman apes and human infants

Developmental Science

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1393-1405

  Herrmann, Esther ^a   Hare, Brian ^b   Cissewski, Julia ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOMINID; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERAMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; LATENCY PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; OBSERVATION; SHYNESS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 80054984336     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2011.01082.x     Document Type: Article

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