We review studies on mother–infant interactions in chimpanzees, our closest living relatives,
in captive and wild environments. Infant cognitive development is formed through mother …

Touch is one of the first senses to develop and one of the earliest modalities for infant-
caregiver communication. While studies have explored the benefits of infant touch in terms …

The component model of human parenting has been extensively used to study parents'
interactions with their offspring and to examine variation across cultural contexts. The current …

The use of gaze shifts as social cues has various evolutionary advantages. To investigate
the developmental processes of this ability, we conducted an object‐choice task by using …

When aiming understand the human behavior, comparisons with nonhuman primates are
especially relevant to identify homoplasies (similar characteristics that evolve independently …

Once considered uniquely human, mother–infant face–to–face interactions (FF) were
observed in a few captive primates. In these studies, FF were correlated to physical contact …

Quando buscamos entender o comportamento humano, comparações com primatas não
humanos são especialmente relevantes para identificar homoplasias (características …

Rejections of infants among non-human primates occasionally occur in the wild as well as in
captive settings. Controlled adoptions of orphans and introductions of individuals into new …

Masaki Tomonaga are critical for understanding the evolution and development of theory of
mind (Tomasello 1999). In this chapter, social attention is defined as attention triggered by …

All methodologies used to characterize mother–infant interaction in non-human primates
include mother, infant, and other social factors. The chief difference is their understanding of …