Chimpanzees Solve the Trap Problem When the Confound of Tool-Use is Removed

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-34

  Seed, Amanda M ^a   Call, Josep ^b   Emery, Nathan J ^c   Clayton, Nicola S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

casuality; chimpanzees; cognition; tool

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGY; TEACHING;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; FEMALE; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGY; TEACHING;

PAN;

EID: 60849105350     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012925     Document Type: Article

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