Beyond learning fixed rules and social cues: Abstraction in the social arena

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1435, 2003, Pages 1189-1196

  Call, Josep ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Mindreading; Social cognition; Social intelligence; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0042347775     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1318     Document Type: Review

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