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The meaning of “macaque” facial expressions

Author(s) -

Elisabeth H. M. Sterck,

Brigitte M.A. Goossens

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

proceedings of the national academy of sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.011

H-Index - 771

eISSN - 1091-6490

pISSN - 0027-8424

DOI - 10.1073/pnas.0806462105

Subject(s) - adaptation (eye) , meaning (existential) , macro , macaque , sustainability , climate change , cognitive psychology , cognitive science , psychology , computer science , environmental ethics , epistemology , data science , environmental resource management , sociology , ecology , economics , biology , neuroscience , philosophy , programming language

A recent article in PNAS (1) reports neural activity in response to the perception of conspecific facial expressions in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) and interprets this in relation to the underlying emotion. The article, however, misrepresents the meaning of facial expressions in this species. The authors introduce lip-smacking as a submissive signal, whereas …

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