Use of experimenter-given cues by African gray parrots (Psittacus erithacus)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Giret, Nicolas ^a   Miklósi, Ádam ^b   Kreutzer, Michel ^a   Bovet, Dalila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

African gray parrots (Psittacus erithacus); Gaze; Heterospecific communication; Object choice; Pointing; Referential signals

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PARROT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; MALE; PARROTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AVES; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACUS ERITHACUS;

EID: 58549115052     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-008-0163-2     Document Type: Article

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