Cultured monkeys: Social learning cast in stones

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 410-414

  Huffman, Michael A ^a   Nahallage, Charmalie A D ^a   Leca, Jean Baptiste ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavioral tradition; Cultural zones; Development; Socially biased learning; Solitary object play

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649121753     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2008.00616.x     Document Type: Article

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