Sentences with phrase «not rhesus»

18 Other studies indicate that chimps but not rhesus monkeys are able to recognize themselves on television (CSPS 211).

Not exact matches

Rachels has described an experiment with rhesus monkeys in which not only did monkeys refrain from eating for many days in order not to shock another monkey, but the willingness to undergo such hunger was correlated with (1) whether or not the monkeys had been cagemates and (2) whether or not the hungry monkey had itself been in the situation of the monkey undergoing the shocks.

Indeed, George once observed that the primitive stasis of the rhesus monkey was largely due to the fact that once a male rhesus obtained senior status «he didn't have to do anything to get laid.»

The development of antibodies against Rh positive blood is called rhesus disease and occurs in 16 % of Rh negative women if not given the anti D injection.

«The tamarin work didn't pan out, but there are now several studies that show evidence of theory of mind in primates, including work by Brian Hare, Josep Call, Mike Tomasello, Felix Warneken, Laurie Santos, Justin Wood, and myself on chimps, rhesus monkeys and tamarins.

A classic study in 1964 found that hungry rhesus monkeys would not take food they had been offered if doing so meant that another monkey received an electric shock.

«Before our work in rhesus monkeys, it has not been possible to detect or observe some of these symptoms in other HD animal models, especially emotional dysregulation,» says senior author Chan, associate professor of human genetics at Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Emory University School of Medicine.

A rhesus monkey's liver doesn't look much different from a human one.

Unlike humans and great apes, rhesus monkeys don't realize when they look in a mirror that it is their own face looking back at them.

Although it is clear that rhesus monkeys can learn to avoid shock by attending to a facial expression, we don't know if this response is motivated by empathy, and empathy is necessary for altruism.

Thus, it seemed that members of an established rhesus community abide by a rule that says: Attack members that find food and don't share it.

Although female rhesus monkeys don't baby talk to their own young, they make pantlike grunts and high - pitched, melodic nasal sounds called girneys when near other baby monkeys.

To treat mental illness in humans requires direct attention to the real stressors we experience in our own lives — not artificial ones that we make rhesus infants endure.

In addition, we checked for TMAdV in rectal swab samples from rhesus macaques housed in the same building as the titi monkeys (n = 26) and in pooled droppings from wild rodents (n = 2) living near the titi monkey cages.

To explore a potential link between the outbreak and associated illness in humans, we blindly tested available sera from titi monkeys (n = 59), rhesus macaques housed in the same building (n = 36), CNPRC personnel and close contacts (n = 20), and random human blood donors (n = 81) for evidence of recent or prior infection by TMAdV by virus neutralization (Fig. 6).

A pilot study conducted by S. Narasimhan (Yale University) and M. Philipp showed that multiple tick feedings did not affect transmission in rhesus macaques, but the impact of this on xenodiagnosis was uncertain.

In one 23 - year study of rhesus monkeys published in 2012, the average lifespan of the monkeys was not extended by restricting overall calorie intake.

I wasn't quite sure what it meant, and I thought I knew everything about propionic acid — a short - chain saturated fatty acid produced in the gut from the fermentation of resistant starch, but I Googled it one more time just for shits and grins, and sure enough — the first search result turned up a breaking news story about propionic acid and increased tail length in juvenile rhesus monkeys.

Although some studies have suggested that monkeys that eat less live longer, a new 25 - year - long primate study concluded that calorie restriction does not extend average life span in rhesus monkeys.

Gottman also made mention of relevant researchers and writers who have impacted his work like the research done at his Alma Mater, the University of Wisconsin by Harry (Israel) Harlow on the impact of attachment in the rhesus monkey, Viktor Frankel on making meaning and on why people turn away referencing Shirley Glass's Not Just Friends, a piece on infidelity.