Social comparison mediates chimpanzees’ responses to loss, not frustration

Animal Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1303-1311

  Hopper, Lydia M ^a,b,c   Lambeth, Susan P ^c   Schapiro, Steven J ^c,d   Brosnan, Sarah F ^b,c  

^a LINCOLN PARK ZOO   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Frustration; Individual contrast; Inequity; Social contrast

Indexed keywords

PAN;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOLOGY; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 84919451187     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: 14359456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-014-0765-9     Document Type: Article

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