Indexical and Referential Pointing in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 346-353

  Leavens, David A ^a,b,d   Hopkins, William D ^b,c   Bard, Kim A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; GESTURE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; ORIENTATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); GESTURES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; ORIENTATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 0030329377     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.110.4.346     Document Type: Article

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