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Stone handling, an object play behaviour in macaques: welfare and neurological health implications o f a hio-culturally driven tradition

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dc.contributor.author Nahallage, C.A.D.
dc.contributor.author Leca, J.B.
dc.contributor.author Huffman, M.A.
dc.date.accessioned 2017-10-20T06:31:33Z
dc.date.available 2017-10-20T06:31:33Z
dc.date.issued 2016-04-15
dc.identifier.citation Nahallage, C.A.D., Leca, J.B., Huffman, M.A. (2016). "Stone handling, an object play behaviour in macaques: welfare and neurological health implications o f a hio-culturally driven tradition", Behaviour, Vol.153, pp. 845-869 en_US, si_LK
dc.identifier.uri http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/5945
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dc.description.abstract Object play in primates is view ed as generally having no immediate functional purpose, lim ited for the m ost part to immature individuals. A t the proximate level, the occurrence o f object play in immatures is regarded as being intrinsically self-rewarding, with the ultimate function o f supporting motoneuronal developm ent and the acquisition o f skills necessary to prepare them for survival as adults. Stone handling (SH ), a solitary object play behaviour occurs, and has been studied, in m ultiple free-ranging and captive troops o f provisioned Japanese macaques, as w ell as rhesus and long-tailed macaques for over 35 years now. A review o f our com bined findings from these observations reveal that infants acquire SH in the first 3-4 months o f life and exhibit increasingly more com plex and varied behavioural patterns with age. The longitudinal data show s that many individuals maintain this activity throughout life, practicing it under relaxed ecological and social conditions. The ultimate function may be bim odal, promoting motor developm ent in young and neural maintenance and regeneration in adult and aging individuals
dc.language.iso en_US en_US, si_LK
dc.publisher Behaviour en_US, si_LK
dc.subject object play en_US, si_LK
dc.subject Macaca en_US, si_LK
dc.subject behavioural tradition en_US, si_LK
dc.subject self-rewarding en_US, si_LK
dc.subject health en_US, si_LK
dc.subject welfare en_US, si_LK
dc.subject neural regeneration hypothesis en_US, si_LK
dc.title Stone handling, an object play behaviour in macaques: welfare and neurological health implications o f a hio-culturally driven tradition en_US, si_LK
dc.type Article en_US, si_LK


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