Stacking of irregularly shaped blocks in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and young humans (Homo sapiens)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 12, Issue 1 SUPPL, 2009, Pages

  Hayashi, Misato ^a   Takeshita, Hideko ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Physical understanding; Stacking blocks

Indexed keywords

HOMO SAPIENS; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAN TROGLODYTES; PROBLEM SOLVING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 70349765137     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-009-0273-5     Document Type: Article

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