The 'social complexity hypothesis' for communication posits that groups with complex social
systems require more complex communicative systems to regulate interactions and relations …

Recent application of theories of embodied or grounded cognition to the recognition and
interpretation of facial expression of emotion has led to an explosion of research in …

The size of human social networks significantly exceeds the network that can be maintained
by social grooming or touching in other primates. It has been proposed that endogenous …

Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

Although laughter forms an important part of human non-verbal communication, it has
received rather less attention than it deserves in both the experimental and the …

Since the turn of the twenty-first century, the psychology of emotion has grown to become its
own field of study. Because the study of emotion draws inspiration from areas of science …

Primates communicate with each other using a wide range of signals: olfactory signals to
mark territories, screams to recruit help while fighting, gestures to request food and facial …

Rough‐and‐tumble play (RT) is a widespread phenomenon in mammals. Since it involves
competition, whereby one animal attempts to gain advantage over another, RT runs the risk …

Primate societies are characterized by bonded social relationships of a kind that are rare in
other mammal taxa. These bonded relationships, which provide the basis for coalitions, are …

Animal welfare is a key issue for industries that use or impact upon animals. The accurate
identification of welfare states is particularly relevant to the field of bioscience, where the …