creators_name: Humphrey, Nicholas K
creators_name: Keeble, Graham R
type: journalp
datestamp: 2001-08-20
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:54:46
metadata_visibility: show
title: The reaction of monkeys to 'fearsome' pictures
ispublished: pub
subjects: bio-ani-behav
subjects: evol-psy
full_text_status: public
keywords: fear, curiosity, visual exploration, monkeys
abstract: Monkeys, given the opportunity to look at a picture which excites both interest and fear, choose first to look at it and only later, once their interest has abated, to avoid it.
date: 1974
date_type: published
publication: Nature
volume: 251
number: 5475
pagerange: 500-502
refereed: TRUE
citation:   Humphrey, Nicholas K and Keeble, Graham R  (1974) The reaction of monkeys to 'fearsome' pictures.  [Journal (Paginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/1758/2/Nature74.pdf