Chapter 3 Social Processes Influencing Learning in Animals: A Review of the Evidence

Advances in the Study of Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue , 2008, Pages 105-165

  Hoppitt, Will ^a   Laland, Kevin N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1016/S0065-3454(08)00003-X     Document Type: Review

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