Rhesus Macaques Grooming (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania

Rhesus Macaques Grooming

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One rhesus macaque grooming another, the primary way these monkeys act prosocially toward one another. Work with these animals helped University of Pennsylvania researcher Michael Platt and other scientists draw their conclusions about the function of the amygdala.

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Lauren Brent

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