Distinguishing Intentional from Accidental Actions in Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus), Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), and Human Children (Homo sapiens)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 192-206

  Call, Josep ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032085836     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.112.2.192     Document Type: Article

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