Task design influences prosociality in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  House, Bailey R ^a   Silk, Joan B ^b   Lambeth, Susan P ^c   Schapiro, Steven J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIMPANZEE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; FEMALE; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84921758684     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103422     Document Type: Article

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