Humans' folk physics is sensitive to physical connection and contact between a tool and reward

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 327-333

  Silva, F J ^a   Silva, K M ^a   Cover, K R ^a   Leslie, A L ^a   Rubalcaba, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS   (United States)

Author keywords

Folk physics; Physical causality; Physical cognition; Tool use

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HOMINID; PHYSICS; PRIMATE; TOOL USE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; COGNITION; COLLEGE STUDENT; DECISION MAKING; FOLK PHYSICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; REWARD; TOOL USE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPREHENSION; FOLKLORE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; PHYSICS; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; REFERENCE VALUES; SYMBOLISM; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

PAN;

EID: 39449093639     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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