Does Early Care Affect Joint Attention in Great Apes (Pan troglodytes, Pan paniscus, Pongo abelii, Pongo pygmaeus, Gorilla gorilla)?

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 334-341

  Pitman, Caisie A ^a,b   Shumaker, Robert W ^a,c  

^a Great Ape Trust of Iowa   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attachment theory; gaze following; great apes; joint attention; theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GORILLA; HUMAN; IMITATION; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OBJECT RELATION; ORIENTATION; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VISION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; ORIENTATION; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PONGO PYGMAEUS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 69249182495     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015840     Document Type: Article

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