Tool use as a way to assess cognition: How do captive chimpanzees handle the weight of the hammer when cracking a nut?

Animal Cognition

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 217-235

  Bril, Blandine ^a   Dietrich, Gilles ^b   Foucart, Julie ^a   Fuwa, Koki ^c   Hirata, Satoshi ^c  

^a ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c Hayashibara Great Ape Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Chimpanzee; Cognition; Goal oriented action; Mechanical energy; Movement reconstruction; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOOL USE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GOALS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PAN TROGLODYTES; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

PAN; PRIMATES;

EID: 67349085505     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-008-0184-x     Document Type: Article

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