Success and understanding in cognitive tasks: A comparison between Cebus apella and Pan troglodytes

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 811-830

  Visalberghi, Elisabetta ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cause effect relations; Cebus apella; Cognition; Cooperation; Pan troglodytes; Tool use; Videotask

Indexed keywords

CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0030663037     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026399930727     Document Type: Article

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