Cross-species variation in gaze following and conspecific preference among great apes, human infants and adults

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 91, Issue , 2014, Pages 137-150

  Kano, Fumihiro ^a,b   Call, Josep ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conspecific model; Gaze following; Great ape; Human infant; Species difference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CONSPECIFIC; EYE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MOVEMENT; NEONATE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; VIDEOGRAPHY; VISION;

EID: 84898624418     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.03.011     Document Type: Article

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