Chimpanzees are sensitive to some of the psychological states of others

Interaction Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 413-427

  Call, Josep ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action; Apes; Attention; Cognitive evolution; Intention; Perception; Social cognition; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 56249144637     PISSN: 15720373     EISSN: 15720381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/is.6.3.07cal     Document Type: Article

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