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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"primate behavior"”.
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EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL AND ACAMPROSATE, AN ALCOHOL USE DISORDER TREATMENT, ON NONHUMAN PRIMATE BEHAVIOR AND MEMORY
… The repeated use of alcohol impairs various behavioral and cognitive functions such as attention and memory and disrupts normal communications between brain regions. These disruptions in communication can occur after single administrations of alcohol and can become permanent through repeated …
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Ecological and Cognitive Influences on Orangutan Space Use
Many primates depend on resources that are dispersed non-uniformly. Primates able to encode the locations of such resources and navigate efficiently between them would gain a selective advantage. However, little is currently known about the cognitive mechanisms that help primates achieve this …
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How does the primate ventral visual stream causally support core object recognition?
Primates are able to rapidly, accurately and effortlessly perform the computationally difficult visual task of invariant object recognition - the ability to discriminate between different objects in the face of high variation in object viewing parameters and background conditions. This ability is …
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Black howler monkey (Alouatta pigra) nutrition: Integrating the study of behavior, feeding ecology, and the gut microbial community.
All animals, including primates, face the challenge of obtaining sufficient energy and nutrients despite 1) variation in food availability across habitats and seasons and 2) temporal fluctuations in nutritional requirements due to life history processes. Because variation in food availability or …
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Chimpanzee Early Life Experiences and Responses to Caregiver Use of Species-Specific Behavior
… their actions have consequences on chimpanzee behavior and welfare. Two studies compared chimpanzee responses between a condition in which humans used chimpanzee behaviors (CB) and another in which they use human behaviors (HB) during informal interactions. The chimpanzees showed more …
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Uncertainty Quantification and Structure Discovery for Scalable Behavior Science
… by relating genetics or neural activity to behavior. However, experiments are often limited in scope because they require vast quantities of expert annotation on private data. Attempts to automate aspects of behavior science typically have limited interpretability and lack uncertainty …
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A mixed methods study of the habituation process in wild Bornean orangutans in West Kalimantan, Indonesia
… the process of increasing the tolerance of wild primates to the presence of human observers via repeated non-threatening contact. The goal of habituation is for humans to be treated like a “neutral” element in the animals’ environment so that “natural” primate behavior can be observed. Therefore, …
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The Ape Ecological Niche: Posture and Hand Use in Gibbons and Macaques and the Influence of Manual Skill on Cognitive Development in Apes and Humans
… as models, the comparative feeding styles of primates were analyzed focusing on their positional behaviour and manual skill. Results support the hypothesis that gibbons exhibit a unique feeding style associated with their orthogrady/suspensory postures in comparison with pronograde macaques. …
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Preparing The Yucatan Black Howler Monkey for Its Return to The Wild: An Assessment of Wildtracks' Approach to Rehabilitation and Reintroduction
Nearly half of non-human primates are in danger of extinction due to the negative impact of anthropogenic activities. Among the species most negatively affected is the family Atelidae (Di Fiore, Link, & Campbell, 2011). For this reason, non-human primates remain a central focus in global …
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Neuroethology of Social Attention in Primates
… many animals appear to use eyes as an important behavioral cue, for humans, these cues are especially critical. The power of the eyes to attract and direct attention shapes human behavior from an early age and likely serves as a foundation for social skill acquisition, ranging from simple, …
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Provisioning and Its Effects on the Social Interactions of Tibetan Macaques (<i>Macaca Thibetana</i>) at Mt. Huangshan, China
… has a significant effect on the composition of primate groups and social interactions within those groups. Humans often alter the dispersal of food. Non-humans often use affiliative behaviors to elicit tolerance or support from other group members. I investigated whether provisioned food …