Evidence of means-end behavior in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 359-365

  Irie Sugimoto, Naoko ^a   Kobayashi, Tessei ^a,b   Sato, Takao ^a   Hasegawa, Toshikazu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asian elephant; Means end problem; Piaget

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; ELEPHANT; FEMALE; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TOOL USE;

ANIMALS; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; ELEPHANTS; FEMALE; GOALS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 40949118183     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-007-0126-z     Document Type: Article

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