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SUBMITTER: Castellano-Navarro A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7933183 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Castellano-Navarro Alba A Macanás-Martínez Emilio E Xu Zhihong Z Guillén-Salazar Federico F MacIntosh Andrew J J AJJ Amici Federica F Albiach-Serrano Anna A
Scientific reports 20210304 1
Gaze sensitivity allows us to interpret the visual perspective of others, inferring their intentions and attentional states. In order to clarify the evolutionary history of this ability, we assessed the response of free-ranging Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) to human gaze in three contexts: threat (Experiment 1), cooperation (Experiment 2), and competition (Experiment 3). Subjects interpreted the direct gaze of an approaching human as a sign of threat, showing a greater flight initiation dis ...[more]