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Grooming as a window into the post-stress recuperative process
Afra N Mahmud, Ann K PierreLouis, Naomi Yamaguchi…·Zachary T. Pennington
This study shows that grooming increases after stress when danger is absent, indicating it reflects post-stress recovery rather than a defensive response.
DOI 10.64898/2026.05.27.728357