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A troop of captive Macaca fuscata yakui (Japanese monkey)—consisting of 1 infant, 3 yearlings, 2 3-year-old females, 10 adult females, and 3 adult males—was presented with four large, unfamiliar objects, which the animals manipulated in fine and gross motor patterns. The infant and the yearlings acted on the objects in social groups, whereas the others manipulated the objects as individuals. This may be relevant to the fact that when the objects were present, females stopped carrying the young and female-female mounting decreased while female-female threat behavior increased. When the objects were removed, there was an increase in hostile behavior among the females and males.
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This research was supported by grants from the National Science Foundation to Ethel Tobach and John Beatty, from Brooklyn College to John Beatty, and from the National Institute of Mental Health to Ethel Tobach. We also wish to thank the Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University and the American Museum of Natural History for their support. We would especially like to thank Sumihara Nagumo of the Primate Research Institute for his technical assistance. A 16-mm movie of the behavior of the animals is available from E. Tobach.
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Tobach, E., Murofushi, K., Beatty, J. et al. Changes in social behavior of Macaca fuscata yakui in relation to unfamiliar objects. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 25, 106–108 (1987). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330298
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