Justice- and fairness-related behaviors in nonhuman primates

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue SUPPL2, 2013, Pages 10416-10423

  Brosnan, Sarah F ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral phylogeny; Comparative economics; Cooperation; Decision making; Game theory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GAME; JUSTICE; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THEORY;

BEHAVIORAL PHYLOGENY; COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS; COOPERATION; DECISION-MAKING; GAME THEORY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HUMANS; PRIMATES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

PRIMATES;

EID: 84879315095     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1301194110     Document Type: Review

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