Another gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) recognizes himself in a mirror

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 576-583

  Posada, Sandra ^a,b   Colell, Montserrat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Facultat de Psicologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gorilla; Habituation; Mark test; Self recognition

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CAPTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EYE; HABITUATION; PRIMATE; TESTING METHOD;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; GORILLA; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GORILLA GORILLA; MALE; VIDEO RECORDING;

GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA;

EID: 34247565629     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20355     Document Type: Article

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