Animal Cognition: Crows Spontaneously Solve a Metatool Task

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Clayton, Nicola ^a  

^a Department of Experimental Psychology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COGNITION; CROW; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SHORT SURVEY; TOOL USE;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; CROWS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CORVIDAE;

EID: 35348872007     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.08.028     Document Type: Short Survey

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