An assessment of generalization of imitation in two enculturated orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 242-246

  Yunger, Jennifer L ^a   Bjorklund, David F ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; IMITATION; LEARNING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; CULTURE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; PONGO PYGMAEUS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 3042533116     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.118.2.242     Document Type: Article

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