Long-term consistency in chimpanzee consolation behaviour reflects empathetic personalities

Non-human animals are known to exhibit behaviours suggestive of empathy, but the development and maintenance of these traits is unexplored. Here, Webb and colleagues quantify individual consolation tendencies over 10 years across two chimpanzee groups and show evidence of consistent ‘empathetic pers...

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Autores principales: Christine E. Webb, Teresa Romero, Becca Franks, Frans B. M. de Waal
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:1cf5ea08d3de48169e0e6343ed8a1e7c2021-12-02T10:48:18ZLong-term consistency in chimpanzee consolation behaviour reflects empathetic personalities10.1038/s41467-017-00360-72041-1723https://doaj.org/article/1cf5ea08d3de48169e0e6343ed8a1e7c2017-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00360-7https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723Non-human animals are known to exhibit behaviours suggestive of empathy, but the development and maintenance of these traits is unexplored. Here, Webb and colleagues quantify individual consolation tendencies over 10 years across two chimpanzee groups and show evidence of consistent ‘empathetic personalities’.Christine E. WebbTeresa RomeroBecca FranksFrans B. M. de WaalNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2017)
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Long-term consistency in chimpanzee consolation behaviour reflects empathetic personalities
description Non-human animals are known to exhibit behaviours suggestive of empathy, but the development and maintenance of these traits is unexplored. Here, Webb and colleagues quantify individual consolation tendencies over 10 years across two chimpanzee groups and show evidence of consistent ‘empathetic personalities’.
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Becca Franks
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title Long-term consistency in chimpanzee consolation behaviour reflects empathetic personalities
title_short Long-term consistency in chimpanzee consolation behaviour reflects empathetic personalities
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title_fullStr Long-term consistency in chimpanzee consolation behaviour reflects empathetic personalities
title_full_unstemmed Long-term consistency in chimpanzee consolation behaviour reflects empathetic personalities
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