Early Experience Affects the Strength of Vigilance for Threat in Rhesus Monkey Infants

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1893-1902

  Mandalaywala, Tara M ^a,b   Parker, Karen J ^c   Maestripieri, Dario ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive bias; maternal effects; primate; rhesus macaque; socio cognitive development

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AROUSAL; COGNITION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PERCEPTION; RHESUS MONKEY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; MACACA MULATTA; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84910026957     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797614544175     Document Type: Article

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