Cognitive processes associated with sequential tool use in new Caledonian crows

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Wimpenny, Joanna H ^a,b   Weir, Alex A S ^a   Clayton, Lisa ^a   Rutz, Christian ^a   Kacelnik, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROW; DECISION MAKING; INTELLIGENCE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AVES; CORVIDAE; CORVUS MONEDULOIDES; PRIMATES;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; CROWS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 68349144380     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006471     Document Type: Article

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