Maternal encouragement in nonhuman primates and the question of animal teaching

Human Nature

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 361-378

  Maestripieri, Dario ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive mechanisms; Experience; Mother infant interactions; Nonhuman Primates; Reproductive consequences; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249169805     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: 19364776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02734206     Document Type: Article

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