Red-capped mangabeys (Cercocebus torquatus) adapt their interspecific gestural communication to the recipient’s behaviour

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 10; no. 1; p. 12843
• Main Authors: Aychet, Juliette, Pezzino, Pablo, Rossard, Arnaud, Bec, Philippe, Blois-Heulin, Catherine, Lemasson, Alban
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 30.07.2020; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/378/3919; 631/601/18; Animal biology; Animal Communication; Animals; Attention - physiology; Behavior, Animal; Cercocebus - psychology; Cercocebus torquatus; Cognitive science; Cognitive Sciences; Communication; Female; Gestures; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Intention; Interspecific; Life Sciences; Male; multidisciplinary; Neurons and Cognition; Neuroscience; Psychology and behavior; Reinforcement; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Vertebrate Zoology; Visual communication; Visual field; Visual Fields

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