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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 A general introduction to emotion perception and its 11 underlying mechanisms
Dissertation outline 21
Part I: Attention 25 Chapter 2 Attention towards emotions is modulated by familiarity 27 with the expressor. A comparison between bonobos and humans
Introduction 29 Experiment 1: Bonobos’ attentional bias towards emotions of 33 familiar and unfamiliar conspecifics
Experiment 2: Bonobos’ attentional bias towards emotions of 42 familiar and unfamiliar humans
Experiment 3: Humans’ attentional bias towards emotions of 47 familiar and unfamiliar conspecifics
General discussion 53
Chapter 3 Attentional bias in humans towards human and bonobo 59 expressions of emotion
Introduction 61 Method 64 Discussion 76 Conclusion 81
Chapter 4 Attentional selectivity for emotions: humans and bonobos 85 compared
Introduction 87 Experiment 1: Examining biased attention to emotions in bonobos 90 Experiment 2: Examining biased attention to emotions in humans 99 Discussion 103
Part II: Spontaneous Mimicry 109 Chapter 5 Low relationship quality predicts self-scratch contagion 111 during tense situations in orangutans
Introduction 113 Method 115 Discussion 122
