The perception of causality in chimpanzees (Pan spp.)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 60-66

  O'Connell, Sanjida ^a,b   Dunbar, R I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BBC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causal reasoning; Chimpanzees; Habituation dishabituation; Michottian causality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HABITUATION; LEARNING; MALE; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; AWARENESS; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MALE; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PERCEPTION;

PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 11944267886     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-004-0231-1     Document Type: Article

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