To beg, or not to beg? that is the question: Mangabeys modify their production of requesting gestures in response to human's attentional states

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Maille, Audrey ^a   Engelhart, Lucie ^a   Bourjade, Marie ^b   Blois Heulin, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b University of Provence Aix Marseille University   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BODY POSTURE; CERCOCEBUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GAZE; GESTURE; HEAD; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RECIPIENT; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CERCOCEBUS; COGNITION; CUES; FEMALE; GESTURES; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CERCOCEBUS TORQUATUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 84864022353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041197     Document Type: Article

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