Social learning and mother's behavior in manipulative tasks in infant marmosets

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 503-509

  Dell'Mour, Vera ^a   Range, Friederike ^a   Huber, Ludwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Foraging; Infants; Marmoset; Social learning; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE; LEARNING; MATERNAL CARE; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTING METHOD; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; HEXAPODA; MARMOSETS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; LEARNING; MARMOSET; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CALLITHRIX; FEMALE; LEARNING; MOTHERS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 67449104859     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20682     Document Type: Article

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