Do great apes use emotional expressions to infer desires?

Developmental Science

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 688-698

  Buttelmann, David ^a   Call, Josep ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EMOTIONS; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRIMATES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 68949125299     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00802.x     Document Type: Article

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