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SUBMITTER: Dezecache G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5319350 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dezecache Guillaume G Zuberbühler Klaus K Davila-Ross Marina M Dahl Christoph D CD
Royal Society open science 20170125 1
A growing trend of research using infrared thermography (IRT) has shown that changes in skin temperature, associated with activity of the autonomic nervous system, can be reliably detected in human and non-human animals. A contact-free method, IRT provides the opportunity to uncover emotional states in free-ranging animals during social interactions. Here, we measured nose and ear temperatures of wild chimpanzees of Budongo Forest, Uganda, when exposed to naturally occurring vocalizations of con ...[more]