--- 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.' altloc: [] chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: [] creators_name: - family: Humphrey given: Nicholas K honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Keeble given: Graham R honourific: '' lineage: '' date: 1974 date_type: published datestamp: 2001-08-20 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/17/58 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: ~ edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: [] editors_name: [] eprint_status: archive eprintid: 1758 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/1758/2/Nature74.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: 'fear, curiosity, visual exploration, monkeys' lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:54:46 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: 5475 pagerange: 500-502 pubdom: FALSE publication: Nature publisher: ~ refereed: TRUE referencetext: ~ relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 10 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2007-09-12 16:40:04 subjects: - bio-ani-behav - evol-psy succeeds: ~ suggestions: ~ sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: The reaction of monkeys to 'fearsome' pictures type: journalp userid: 123 volume: 251