Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) and orangutan (Pongo abelii) understanding of first- and second-order relations

Animal Cognition

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 77-86

  Vonk, Jennifer ^a,b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gorilla; Orangutan; Relational concepts

Indexed keywords

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; GORILLA GORILLA; GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; PONGO; PONGO PYGMAEUS;

ANIMAL; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; GORILLA; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; MALE; PONGO PYGMAEUS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0041851035     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-003-0159-x     Document Type: Article

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