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A stereo music system as environmental enrichment for captive chimpanzees
Sue Howell1, Melanie Schwandt, Jo Fritz
1Primate Foundation of Arizona, PO Box 20027, Mesa, AZ 85277-0027, USA.
Lab Animal
|July 6, 2004
Abstract:
Music has been shown to have beneficial effects on humans but little is known about the effects of music on nonhuman primates in biomedical research settings. The authors monitored the effects of music on the behavior of captive chimpanzees and found that music had significant positive effects, including a reduction in agitated and aggressive behaviors.