Spontaneous logicomathematical constructions by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes, P. paniscus)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 147-156

  Potì, Patrizia ^a   Langer, Jonas ^b   Savage Rumbaugh, Sue ^c   Brakke, Karen E ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonobos; Common chimpanzees; Logicomathematical cognition; One one correspondence; Reversibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000712369     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100710050035     Document Type: Article

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