Social facilitation of exploratory foraging behavior in capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 419-426

  Dindo, Marietta ^a   Whiten, Andrew ^a   De Waal, Frans ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cebus apella; Individual learning; Innovation; Social facilitation; Trial and error learning

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; CONSPECIFIC; FACILITATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEBUS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 67449105789     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20669     Document Type: Article

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