Tactical deception to hide sexual behaviour: macaques use distance, not visibility

Although tactical deception (TD) may be employed to hide sexual behaviour, there is as yet no firm evidence for it. Hiding may be guided by cognitive mechanisms consistent with either no, low or high level TD, such as exploiting male peripheral positions (no TD), creating distance (TD level 1) or hi...

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Main Authors: Overduin-de Vries, A. M., Spruijt, B. M., de Vries, H., Sterck, E. H. M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4521099/