Do apes and monkeys rely upon conceptual reversibility?: A review of studies using seriated nesting cups in children and nonhuman primates

Animal Cognition

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 315-324

  Johnson Pynn, Julie ^a   Fragaszy, Dorothy M ^b  

^a BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Nonhuman primates; Perceptual motor learning; Seriation; Skill development

Indexed keywords

EID: 1442277389     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-001-0117-4     Document Type: Review

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