Great ape infants’ face touching and its role in social engagement

Abstract Touch has a key role in the social development of infant primates and in the regulation of social interactions, even so, there’s a rarity of studies on infants’ use of social touch. In this work, we document chimpanzee infants and human infants’ touching of other’s faces, a behavior already...

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Published in:Animal Cognition
Main Authors: Beatriz Felicio, Kim A. Bard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer 2025-02-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-025-01931-8