Social Behavior of Monkeys

Effects of cingulectomy on social behavior in monkeys.

Social Awareness in Monkeys

Social status gates social attention in monkeys

Humans rapidly shift attention in the direction other individuals are looking, following gaze in a manner suggestive of an obligatory social reflex [1–4]. Monkeys’ attention also follows gaze, and the similar magnitude and time-course of gazefollowing in rhesus macaques and humans [5] is indicative of shared neural mechanisms. Here we show that low-status male rhesus macaques reflexively follow...

Primate social behavior as a method of analysis of drug action: studies with THC in monkeys.

The use of primate social behavior tests systems to characterize alteration of central nervous system (CNS) function by lesioning, telestimulation, and psychoactive drugs is discussed. Current observations of effects of acute and long-term chronic administration of delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol in group-caged rhesus monkeys are cited to demonstrate the sensitivity and specificity of primate socia...

Comparison of Foraging Behavior Between Howler Monkeys, Spider Monkeys, and Squirrel Monkeys

Different monkey species have different foraging behaviors based on their preferred food quality and its availability. We compared foraging behavior of focal individuals of 3 monkey species: Alouatta palliata (howler monkey; a folivore), Ateles geoffroyi (spider monkey; a frugivore) and Saimiri oerstedii (squirrel monkey; an omnivore on fruits and insects). We predicted that howler monkeys woul...