Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) Pointing: Hand Shapes, Accuracy, and the Role of Eye Gaze

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 330-336

  Krause, Mark A ^a   Fouts, Roger S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; ORIENTATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; ORIENTATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031303029     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.111.4.330     Document Type: Article

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