Imitative Learning of Artificial Fruit Processing in Children (Homo sapiens) and Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-14

  Whiten, Andrew ^a   Custance, Deborah M ^a   Gomez, Juan Carlos ^a,b   Teixidor, Patricia ^a,b   Bard, Kim A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; HUMAN; IMITATION; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRUIT; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PAN TROGLODYTES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0030092871     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.110.1.3     Document Type: Article

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