Asian elephants (elephas maximus) reassure others in distress

PeerJ

Volumn 2014, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-17

  Plotnik, Joshua M ^a   de Waal, Frans B M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict resolution; Consolation; Convergent cognitive evolution; Elephants; Targeted helping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ELEPHANT; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMPATHY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZATION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THREAT;

EID: 84895752414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.278     Document Type: Article

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