Imitation promotes affiliation in infant macaques at risk for impaired social behaviors

Developmental Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 614-621

  Sclafani, Valentina ^a,b   Paukner, Annika ^b   Suomi, Stephen J ^b   Ferrari, Pier F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b National Institutes of Health Animal Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ATTENTION; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; IMITATION; MALE; NEWBORN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RHESUS MONKEY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ATTENTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS;

EID: 84930040922     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12237     Document Type: Article

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