Face-to-face opening phase in Japanese macaques’ social play enhances and sustains participants’ engagement in subsequent play interaction

Iki, Sakumi; Hasegawa, Toshikazu

doi:10.1007/s10071-019-01325-7

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“…From this perspective, RFM in spider monkeys may communicate more effectively during play, facilitating motor synchronization and fostering a shared understanding of the context (i.e., play) among participants. Face‐to‐face interaction (i.e., perception condition) can amplify the mimic response by effectively conveying the message “I am like you” to the play partner (Bavelas & Gerwing, 2007; Bavelas et al, 1986; Iki & Hasegawa, 2020). Behavioral synchronization and face‐to‐face interactions may foster the development of social bonds between individuals (Annicchiarico et al, 2020).…”

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Rapid facial mimicry in Platyrrhini: Play face replication in spider monkeys (Ateles fusciceps, Ateles hybridus, and Ateles paniscus)

Cordoni,

Ciantia,

Guéry

et al. 2024

American J Primatol

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Rapid facial mimicry (RFM), the rapid and automatic replication of facial expression perceived, is considered a basic form of empathy and was investigated mainly during play. RFM occurs in Catarrhini (Old World primates), but it is not still demonstrated in Platyrrhini (New World primates). For this reason, we collected video data on playful interactions (Nplay_interactions = 149) in three species of spider monkeys (Ateles fusciceps—N = 11, Ateles hybridus—N = 14, and Ateles paniscus—N = 6) housed at La Vallée des Singes and the ZooParc de Beauval (France). For the first time, we demonstrated the occurrence of RFM in Platyrrhini (analyzing 175 events). Players' sex, age, species, relationship quality, and kinship did not modulate RFM probably due to the species' complex fission–fusion dynamics and flexible interindividual social relationships. Compared to the absence of any playful expressions or the presence of only not replicated play face, RFM prolonged the session duration and was sequentially associated with more types of more intense offensive playful patterns (patterns aimed at attacking/pursuing the playmate). We proposed that RFM may favor synchronization and context sharing between players, thus decreasing the risk of behavior misinterpretation while simultaneously fostering a more competitive nature of play. In conclusion, this study stimulates additional research on the evolutionary origins of motor mimicry in primates, possibly dating back to before the divergence of New and Old World monkeys. Furthermore, it also points toward the possibility that RFM may not always lead to cooperation but also to competition, depending on the context and species' social and cognitive features.

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Rapid facial mimicry in Platyrrhini: Play face replication in spider monkeys (Ateles fusciceps, Ateles hybridus, and Ateles paniscus)

Cordoni,

Ciantia,

Guéry

et al. 2024

American J Primatol

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“…Different interval lengths are found in the literature (Hawley, 2016: 1 minute for gorillas, Heesen et al, 2021: 3 seconds for bonobos, Stevenson & Poole, 1982: 5 seconds for marmosets, Govindarajulu et al, 1993: no interval for vervet monkeys), but the most common one is 10 seconds (Cordoni et al, 2016; De Oliveira et al, 2003; Iki & Hasegawa, 2020; Mackey et al, 2014; R. Wright et al, 2018), which we also chose for our study.…”

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The ontogeny of play in a highly cooperative monkey, the common marmoset

Godard,

Burkart,

Brügger

2024

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Play is widespread in mammals. It is mostly observed in juveniles and has been subdivided in three categories, social, locomotor/rotational, and object play. Although there is no strict consensus on its ultimate function, the dominant idea is that through play juveniles acquire social, technical and cognitive skills for their adult life. In certain species, however, adults remain playful especially with immatures. This pattern can be observed in particular when same-age play partners for immatures are lacking and if adults also invest in caretaking. We studied the ontogeny of play in cooperatively breeding common marmoset twins from the age of two to six months. Social play increased with age and was by far the most prevalent category. Play partners varied with age. Before 19 weeks old, immatures played 54% of the time on average with either one of their parents (in a dyad) and 29% on average after 19 weeks old. Thus, despite the constant presence of a twin, adult-immature play remained considerable, with equal contributions by mothers and fathers and no trade-offs with other care-taking behaviours for either of the parents. However, parents avoided playing simultaneously, presumably to avoid periods with no one vigilant. Together these results show that parents are important play partners for marmoset infants, fathers and mothers alike.

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“…Hence, we did not focus on the question of which individual was the first emitter. Following previous studies (Biben 1986 ; Bauer and Smuts 2007 ; Iki and Hasegawa 2020 ), we considered a player to have the advantage when he/she pinned down or attacked the partner unidirectionally. A player was considered to have pinned down the partner if the player stood or sat with their weight on the partner, causing the partner to lie down in a lateral, supine, or prone position.…”

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Play face in Japanese macaques reflects the sender’s play motivation

Iki

Kutsukake

2022

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Animals often initiate social interactions by exchanging signals. Especially when initiating amicable interactions, signaling one’s friendly stance toward others in advance may be important to avoid being misunderstood as having hostile intentions. We used data on dyadic play fighting in a group of Japanese macaques, Macaca fuscata, to examine the function of “play face” at the opening of a play session. We found no support for the previously proposed hypothesis that play face expression is likelier before entering risky situations (e.g., before gaining an undue advantage over the partner) to avoid being misunderstood. The results showed that play face expression was likelier in male juveniles before initiating play with other males than in females before initiating play with males or other females and that juveniles were likelier to express play face before initiating play with others closer in age. As male Japanese macaques play more frequently than females, and juveniles prefer to play with individuals closer in age, play face expression before play initiation may reflect the individual’s motivation for subsequent play interactions. This interpretation is supported by our observation that play bouts lasted longer when initiated with bidirectional play face by both participants than when initiated without play face. We also argued that since there was no tendency that play face was likelier to be expressed toward individuals with low play propensity (e.g., females) or infrequent partners to play with (e.g., individuals more distant in age), Japanese macaques may not tactically deploy this signal to recruit reluctant partners.

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Face-to-face opening phase in Japanese macaques’ social play enhances and sustains participants’ engagement in subsequent play interaction

Cited by 11 publications

References 53 publications

Rapid facial mimicry in Platyrrhini: Play face replication in spider monkeys (Ateles fusciceps, Ateles hybridus, and Ateles paniscus)

Rapid facial mimicry in Platyrrhini: Play face replication in spider monkeys (Ateles fusciceps, Ateles hybridus, and Ateles paniscus)

The ontogeny of play in a highly cooperative monkey, the common marmoset

Play face in Japanese macaques reflects the sender’s play motivation

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