Capuchin monkeys are not prosocial in an instrumental helping task

Animal Cognition

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 647-654

  Skerry, A E ^a   Sheskin, M ^b   Santos, L R ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Capuchin monkeys; Instrumental helping; Prosociality

Indexed keywords

CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA; PRIMATES;

EID: 85027925746     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-011-0399-0     Document Type: Article

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