A comparative study of primate play behaviour: Implications for the study of cognition

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 417-421

  Lewis, Kerrie P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative method; Independent contrasts; Neocortex; Play; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; RECREATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; FEMALE; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PRIMATES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0034510634     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000052740     Document Type: Article

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