Observation of Infant Monkeys by Female Monkeys
- 1 February 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 16 (1), 11-15
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1963.16.1.11
Abstract
Interest in viewing infant monkeys was tested in nulliparous adult female monkeys, multi-parous females delivered 2 to 4 months before the start of the experiment, and in gravid monkeys before and after delivery. The nulliparous females and the gravid females before delivery showed no preference for baby-viewing, but mothers newly delivered or delivered some months earlier tended to view infants more frequently and for longer periods than the other groups.Keywords
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