Primates and representations of self

Cahiers de Psychologie Cognitive

Volumn 18, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 1005-1029

  Anderson, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Great apes; Joystick; Mirror; Monkeys; Photographs; Self recognition; Shadow; Television; Video

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040914270     PISSN: 02499185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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