Social Learning of Nut-Cracking Behavior in East African Sanctuary-Living Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 186-194

  Marshall Pescini, Sarah ^a   Whiten, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chimpanzees; nut cracking; social learning; tool use

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; IMITATION; LEARNING; MALE; NUT; PAN TROGLODYTES; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECALL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VOCALIZATION; WILD ANIMAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION, RESPONSE; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NUTS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 44449159465     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.122.2.186     Document Type: Article

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