Fission-Fusion Dynamics, Behavioral Flexibility, and Inhibitory Control in Primates

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 1415-1419

  Amici, Federica ^a,b,c,d   Aureli, Filippo ^a   Call, Josep ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^d Research Group Behavioural Biology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; ATELIDAE; BRAIN; CEBIDAE; COGNITION; GORILLA; HISTOLOGY; LEARNING; MACACA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ATELINAE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CEBUS; COGNITION; GORILLA GORILLA; LEARNING; MACACA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ATELES SP.; CEBUS; MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; PAN; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 52249106220     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.08.020     Document Type: Article

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