Chimpanzees are rational maximizers in an ultimatum game

Science

Volumn 318, Issue 5847, 2007, Pages 107-109

  Jensen, Keith ^a   Call, Josep ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PERCEPTION; PRIMATE; RESEARCH WORK;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVERSION; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FOOD; GAME; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; PAN TROGLODYTES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 35148813031     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1145850     Document Type: Article

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