Do chimpanzees know what others can and cannot do? Reasoning about 'capability'

Animal Cognition

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 267-286

  Vonk, Jennifer ^a,b   Subiaul, Francys ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capability; Causal reasoning; Chimpanzees; Unobservability hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PERCEPTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMALS; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

PAN; PRIMATES;

EID: 67349202031     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-008-0189-5     Document Type: Article

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