Maestripieri Dario
Emory U, Yerkes Regional Primate Research Ctr, Lawrenceville, GA.
J Comp Psychol. 1995 Dec;109(4):416-420. doi: 10.1037/0735-7036.109.4.416.
This study investigated whether rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) mothers distinguish between what is dangerous to themselves and what is dangerous to their infants. The behavioral interactions between 11 mother-infant pairs and other females living in their group were analyzed in the 1st 2 months of infant life. Mothers behaved as if they perceived higher ranking females as dangerous to both themselves and their infants, lower ranking females as dangerous to their infants but not to themselves, and their young daughters as relatively harmless to both themselves and their infants. Changes in maternal intolerance of infant handling between the 1st and 2nd months covaried with changes in the probability of infant harassment rather than with the temporal pattern of aggression received by mothers. The possible cognitive mechanisms underlying parental recognition of infant's special needs are discussed in the light of comparative evidence from other mammalian species.
本研究调查了恒河猴（猕猴）母亲是否能区分对自己有危险的事物和对其幼崽有危险的事物。在幼崽出生后的头两个月里，分析了11对母婴组合与同群体中其他雌性之间的行为互动。母亲们的行为表现似乎表明，她们认为地位较高的雌性对自己和幼崽都有危险，地位较低的雌性对幼崽有危险但对自己没有危险，而自己的年轻女儿对自己和幼崽都相对无害。在第一个月和第二个月之间，母亲对幼崽被处理的不耐受程度的变化与幼崽受到骚扰的可能性变化相关，而不是与母亲所遭受攻击的时间模式相关。根据来自其他哺乳动物物种的比较证据，讨论了父母识别婴儿特殊需求背后可能的认知机制。
