"Without being easily defined, it kind of falls on the periphery of a lot of different groups," Mr. Brown said.
But when her colleagues take a coffee or lunch break she usually sits quietly on the periphery of the group, fingering her hair and blinking rapidly if someone asks her a question.
An 'initiation' was defined as the movement of an individual in one direction over a distance of at least 20 m beyond the periphery of the group, when no other initiation had been made in the same direction within the 15 previous minutes (as used in previous studies on primates: [ 7, 9, 10, 26, 63]).
Ashanti had spent most of the session on the periphery of the group, sitting on Ms. Donovan's lap or with his head on a pillow, but now he had something to say: "Thanks for changing the law".
During his vacations at home he associates with the Count's daughter, Tanya, and her friends, but knows he will always be on the periphery of their group.
Sometimes a male and female will form a consortship, engaging in exclusive mating relationships by leaving other members of the group and staying in the periphery of the group range.
Staying at the periphery of the group they tend to be marginalized from group activity.
Poniewozik also noted that "Lea Michele had some of her strongest non-singing moments of the season by showing not just how Rachel dealt with her problems with Finn but with being on the periphery of the group".
Older, high-ranking, experienced chimpanzees may be less concerned about competition and scrounging than lower ranking, younger, inexperienced individuals who may subsequently perform on the periphery of the group [30], or at times when other individuals are not paying attention.
Indeed, rhesus macaques at Cayo Santiago show sneaky mating in the periphery of the group (Berard et al. 1994).
