Reactions to social videos in long-tailed macaques.

ABSTRACT: Animals can obtain important social information by observing social interactions among conspecifics. Depending on the social content, such as familiarity with the conspecifics and the type of interaction, the receiver's attention, and possibly also movement and stress response, might differ. Moreover, these behavioural responses may vary depending on the individual's own characteristics. By showing video fragments with different social content (i.e., run, conflict, sit, groom) of group members and strangers, we measured the reaction of captive long-tailed macaques living in multi-generational groups. In addition, we explored how an individual's social and self-directed behaviour in its social group was related to reactions to these videos. Subjects paid more attention to videos of group me

SUBMITTER: Sterck EHM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12198264 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature