Lipsmacking imitation skill in newborn macaques is predictive of social partner discrimination.

Newborn rhesus macaques imitate facial gestures even after a delay, revealing the flexible nature of their early communicative exchanges. In the present study we examined whether newborn macaques are also sensitive to the identities of the social partners with whom they are interacting. We measured...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth A Simpson, Annika Paukner, Valentina Sclafani, Stephen J Suomi, Pier F Ferrari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082921
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