{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["8(1)"],"submitter":["Ostner J"],"pubmed_abstract":["Social contagion of non-interactive behaviour is widespread among animals including humans. It is thought to facilitate behavioural synchronization and consequently group cohesion, coordination and opportunities for social learning. Contagion of interactive behaviour-particularly affiliation-has received much less attention. Here, we investigated in female rhesus macaques (<i>Macaca mulatta</i>) the effect of observing group members groom on a subject's subsequent grooming behaviour and the potential modulation of contagion by relationship quality and social status. We recorded behaviour after subjects witnessed a grooming event and compared it to behaviour in a control condition with the same individuals in proximity but in the absence of a stimulus grooming event. Compared to the control"],"journal":["Royal Society open science"],"pagination":["201538"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7890474"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Social contagion of affiliation in female macaques."],"pmcid":["PMC7890474"],"pubmed_authors":["Wilken J","Ostner J","Schulke O"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Social contagion of affiliation in female macaques.","description":"Social contagion of non-interactive behaviour is widespread among animals including humans. It is thought to facilitate behavioural synchronization and consequently group cohesion, coordination and opportunities for social learning. Contagion of interactive behaviour-particularly affiliation-has received much less attention. Here, we investigated in female rhesus macaques (<i>Macaca mulatta</i>) the effect of observing group members groom on a subject's subsequent grooming behaviour and the potential modulation of contagion by relationship quality and social status. We recorded behaviour after subjects witnessed a grooming event and compared it to behaviour in a control condition with the same individuals in proximity but in the absence of a stimulus grooming event. Compared to the control","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 Jan","modification":"2026-05-01T12:44:04.8Z","creation":"2025-02-19T04:53:14.565Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7890474","cross_references":{"pubmed":["33614085"],"doi":["10.1098/rsos.201538"]}}