Chimpanzees empathize with group mates and humans, but not with baboons or unfamiliar chimpanzees

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1782, 2014, Pages

  Campbell, Matthew W ^a   de Waal, Frans B M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Contagious yawning; Empathic flexibility; Empathy

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROUP BEHAVIOR; HOMINID; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; THEROPITHECUS; VIDEORECORDING; YAWNING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; THEROPITHECUS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; YAWNING;

EID: 85003055795     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0013     Document Type: Article

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