Evidence for kinship information contained in the rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) face

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 318-323

  Bower, Seth ^a   Suomi, Stephen J ^a   Paukner, Annika ^a  

^a NIH Animal Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Facial similarity; Kin recognition; Principal component analysis; Rhesus macaque

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FACE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PEDIGREE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; RHESUS MONKEY;

ANIMALS; FACE; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PEDIGREE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84872678195     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025081     Document Type: Article

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