Among the Carnivora, play behaviour is usually made up of motor patterns characteristic of
predatory, agonistic and courtship behaviour. Domestic dogs are unusual in that play is …

The study of inequity aversion in animals debuted with a report of the behaviour in capuchin
monkeys (Cebus apella). This report generated many debates following a number of …

Animals can indirectly gather meaningful information about other individuals by
eavesdropping on their third-party interactions. In particular, eavesdropping can be used to …

Highlights•Dogs avoided taking food from an actor who refused to help their owners.•The
helpful actor helped the owner to get a junk object out of a container.•The nonhelpful actor …

Although organizations use a variety of interventions to improve group functioning, getting
people to work effectively with each other remains challenging. Because the presence of a …

One widely studied phenomenon in behavioral sciences is the ability of 2 individuals to
behave in a synchronous way, which has links with affiliative relationships and an adaptive …

Rescue behavior is considered a type of pro-social response, defined as a voluntary action
directed to benefit another individual who is in a stressful or dangerous situation. In two …

Social evaluation is a mental process that leverages the preference toward prosocial
partners (positivity bias) against the avoidance of antisocial individuals (negativity bias) in a …

Developmental psychologists are increasingly interested in young children's evaluations of
individuals based on third-party interactions. Studies have shown that infants react …

Discrimination of and memory for others' generous and selfish behaviors could be adaptive
abilities in social animals. Dogs have seemingly expressed such skills in both direct and …