Observational learning from tool using models by human-reared and mother-reared capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 295-309

  Fredman, Tamar ^a   Whiten, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cebus apella; Imitation; Primates; Social learning; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; LEARNING; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOOL USE;

ANIMALS; CEBUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; IMPRINTING (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PARENTING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA; PRIMATES;

EID: 40949084835     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-007-0117-0     Document Type: Article

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