INFLUENCE OF A SKILLED MODEL ON THE BEHAVIOR OF CONSPECIFIC OBSERVERSIN TUFTED CAPUCHIN MONKEYS (CEBUS-APELLA)

Authors
ADAMSCURTIS L FRAGASZY DM
Citation
L. Adamscurtis et Dm. Fragaszy, INFLUENCE OF A SKILLED MODEL ON THE BEHAVIOR OF CONSPECIFIC OBSERVERSIN TUFTED CAPUCHIN MONKEYS (CEBUS-APELLA), American journal of primatology, 37(1), 1995, pp. 65-71
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
American journal of primatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02752565
Volume
37
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
65 - 71
Database
ISI
SICI code
0275-2565(1995)37:1<65:IOASMO>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
We analyze how the presence of a skilled juvenile capuchin monkey inte racting with a mechanical puzzle requiring sequential actions affected the behavior of group-mates towards the puzzle. Using this study as a n example, we suggest a methodological approach to the evaluation of s ocial enhancement of activity and imitation. We suggest that this desi gn could be useful in determining if social and demographic factors in fluence the occurrence of these phenomena. (C) 1995 Wiley-Liss, Inc.