Capuchins' (Cebus apella) sensitivity to others' goal-directed actions in a helping context

Animal Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 689-700

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

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Goal understanding; Instrumental helping; Prosocial preferences

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CEBUS; COOPERATION; FEMALE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CEBUS; FEMALE; GOALS; HELPING BEHAVIOR; MALE;

EID: 84938488682     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-013-0700-5     Document Type: Article

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