Abstract

A recent article in PNAS (1) reports neural activity in response to the perception of conspecific facial expressions in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) and interprets this in relation to the underlying emotion. The article, however, misrepresents the meaning of facial expressions in this species. The authors introduce lip-smacking as a submissive signal, whereas …

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