Technical intelligence in animals: The kea model

Animal Cognition

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 295-305

  Huber, Ludwig ^a   Gajdon, Gyula K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Causal reasoning; Insight; Sensorimotor Development; Social learning; Technical intelligence

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; PSITTACIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COMPREHENSION; INTELLIGENCE; OBSERVATION; PARROT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; COMPREHENSION; INTELLIGENCE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBSERVATION; PARROTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 37549057333     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-006-0033-8     Document Type: Review

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