The use of tokens as rewards and tools by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 213-221

  Sousa, Cláudia ^a,b   Matsuzawa, Tetsuro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Matching to sample; Stimulus equivalence; Tokens; Tools

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347693554     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100710100104     Document Type: Article

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