How great apes perform on a modified trap-tube task

Animal Cognition

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 193-199

  Mulcahy, Nicholas J ^a   Call, Josep ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anticipation; Causal knowledge; Problem solving; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GORILLA; HOMINID; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; PAN; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES; SIMIIFORMES;

EID: 33745050447     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-006-0019-6     Document Type: Article

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