Selective and contagious prosocial resource donation in capuchin monkeys, chimpanzees and humans

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Claidiere, Nicolas ^a   Whiten, Andrew ^a   Mareno, Mary C ^b   Messer, Emily J E ^a   Brosnan, Sarah F ^b,c   Hopper, Lydia M ^b,c,d   Lambeth, Susan P ^b   Schapiro, Steven J ^b,e   McGuigan, Nicola ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Lincoln Park Zoo   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CEBUS; CHILD; COOPERATION; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CEBUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84950255706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07631     Document Type: Article

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