The influence of target sex and dominance on evoked attack in rhesus monkeys
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- 1 March 1973
- journal article
- behavior
- Published by Wiley in American Journal of Physical Anthropology
- Vol. 38 (2) , 543-547
Abstract
Attack behaviors were elicited by the electrical stimulation of the hypothalamus of freely moving male rhesus monkeys. The influence of the sex and dominance status of target animals on the evoked response was measured. Animals offered as targets were dominant males and females and subordinate males and and females. Males were attacked more often than females and subordinate targets of either sex were attacked more often than dominant targets. A comparison was made between spontaneous and evoked attack behavior.Keywords
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