Human gestures trigger different attentional shifts in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and humans (Homo sapiens)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 12, Issue 1 SUPPL, 2009, Pages

  Tomonaga, Masaki ^a   Imura, Tomoko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Cueing; Gestures; Social attention

Indexed keywords

HOMO SAPIENS; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VISION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 70349775084     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-009-0268-2     Document Type: Article

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