The Performance of Bonobos (Pan paniscus), Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), and Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) in Two Versions of an Object-Choice Task

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 304-309

  Mulcahy, Nicholas J ^a   Call, Josep ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

communication; cross body pointing; experimenter given cues object choice task; gaze following

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANTHROPOIDEA; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GESTURE; MALE; ORIENTATION; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONCEPT FORMATION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GESTURES; MALE; ORIENTATION; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 69249183544     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016222     Document Type: Article

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