The development of infant play in a captive group of lowland gorillas ( Gorilla gorilla gorilla )

Bibliographic Data

ID19387697
AuthorsMichael P Hoff (Emory University, corresponding author), Ronald D Nadler (Emory University), Terry L Maple (0000-0002-0113-3062, Georgia Institute of Technology)
Year1981
Volume1
Issue1
Pages65-72
Publication date1981-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Primatology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0275-2565 • E-ISSN: 1098-2345
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajp.1350010108
PMID31995947
OpenAlexW1991415477
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited10

Three infant gorillas born at the Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center of Emory University were studied during their first year and one‐half of life for various aspects of behavior, including solitary and social play, using both focal animal and one‐zero sampling. The appearance of play in these infants followed a developmental trend, beginning with mother‐infant play, and followed by solitary play, and then social play among peers. Mothers were initially very vigilant, repeatedly interrupting infant peer play bouts, this relaxing toward the end of the first year. Evidence for a possible sex difference in active social play is presented

Developmental psychology · Gorilla · Infant development · Primate · Sociology · Anthropology · Child and Animal Learning Development · Demography · Human-Animal Interaction Studies · Primate Behavior and Ecology · Psychology

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