A hypothesis of the co-evolution of cooperation and responses to inequity

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue APR, 2011, Pages

  Brosnan, Sarah F ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apes; Comparative approach; Cooperation; Evolution of behavior; Inequity; Monkeys; Non human primates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BREEDING; CALLITRICHINAE; CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CHIMPANZEE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COEVOLUTION; COMPUTER; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONALITY; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPOTHESIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; ORANG UTAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; PRISONER; PROGENY; PUNISHMENT; RECOGNITION; SKILL; SOCIAL STATUS; TAXON;

EID: 84855953544     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2011.00043     Document Type: Article

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