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Jean-Baptiste Leca, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Lethbridge
Canada
Stone handling behavior and tradition in Japanese macaques
(Macaca fuscata)
- What is stone handling behavior?
- Manual coordination and laterality in stone handling
- Integrative method used to study stone handling behavior
- Main results obtained
- Direct social influence on the acquisition of stone handling behavior by infants
- Indirect social influence on the long-term maintenance of the stone handling tradition
- Transformation of the stone handling tradition over time
- Phylogeny and behavioral predisposition for handling stones
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