Insights into intraspecies variation in primate prosocial behavior: Capuchins (Cebus apella) Fail to Show Prosociality on a Touchscreen Task

Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 87-101

  Drayton, Lindsey A ^a   Santos, Laurie R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Capuchins; Donation tasks; Non human primates; Prosociality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908101545     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2076328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/bs4020087     Document Type: Article

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