Insightful problem solving and creative tool modification by captive nontool-using rooks

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 10370-10375

  Bird, Christopher D ^a   Emery, Nathan J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Corvus; Frugilegus; Hook; Intelligence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROW; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOOL USE;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; CREATIVENESS; CROWS; FEMALE; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; REWARD; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; CORVIDA; CORVIDAE; CORVUS; PAN;

EID: 67649878139     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0901008106     Document Type: Article

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