Do capuchin monkeys use weight to select hammer tools?

Animal Cognition

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 413-422

  Schrauf, Cornelia ^a   Huber, Ludwig ^a   Visalberghi, Elisabetta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capuchins; Hammer; Nut cracking; Tool selection; Tool use; Weight

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; DECISION MAKING; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TOOL USE;

ANIMALS; CEBUS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; CEBUS;

EID: 46549086540     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-007-0131-2     Document Type: Article

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