Rapid learning of sequential tool use by macaque monkeys

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 427-434

  Hihara, Sayaka ^a   Obayashi, Shigeru ^a   Tanaka, Michio ^a   Iriki, Atsushi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Macaque monkey; Problem solving; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; LEARNING; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

EID: 0037351780     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(02)01006-5     Document Type: Article

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