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Social grooming

Social grooming is a behavior in which social animals, including humans, clean or maintain one another's bodies or appearances. A related term, allogrooming, indicates social grooming between members of the same species. Grooming is a major social activity and a means by which animals that live in close proximity may bond, reinforce social structures and…

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Evolutionary advantages

Altruism

Ontogeny of social grooming

Tool usage

Mutual grooming

Endocrine effects

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Social grooming

Nodes90
Edges89
Triples143
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022222
Components1

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Social grooming

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related to Health benefits · 12
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related to Altruism · 10
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related to Tool usage · 10
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related to Direct fitness consequences · 9
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related to Primates · 9
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has effect · 8
Social grooming → For, Further, Innocuous, Oxytocin, Social, Specifically, These, This
related to Glucocorticoids receptors · 8
Social grooming → Additionally, An, Glucocorticoids, In, Macaques, Social, Studies, They
related to Mutual grooming · 7
Social grooming → Many, Mutual, One, The, There, This, While
related to Use as a commodity · 7
Social grooming → Hylobates, In, It, Papio, The, This, Though
related to Criticism for studies quoted · 6
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Social groomingis abehavior in which social animals0.90text
Social groomingis aupkeep of an animal's hygiene0.90text
Social groomingis aactivity that is directed up-hierarchy0.90text
Social groomingis aform of innocuous sensory activation0.90text
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horsesinstance ofanimals0.80text
volesinstance ofanimals0.80text
miceinstance ofanimals0.80text
meerkatsinstance ofanimals0.80text
coatisinstance ofanimals0.80text
lionsinstance ofanimals0.80text

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