Rational tool use and tool choice in human infants and great apes

Child Development

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 609-626

  Buttelmann, David ^a   Carpenter, Malinda ^a   Call, Josep ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FREEDOM; GERMANY; HOMINID; HUMAN; IMITATION; INFANT; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOOL USE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FREEDOM; GERMANY; GOALS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INTENTION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REWARD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 43849102154     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01146.x     Document Type: Article

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