What do dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) understand about hidden objects?

Animal Cognition

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 103-120

  Jaakkola, Kelly ^a   Guarino, Emily ^a   Rodriguez, Mandy ^a   Erb, Linda ^a   Trone, Marie ^a  

^a Dolphin Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Dolphins; Invisible displacement; Object permanence; Secondary representation; Visible displacement

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 72449186577     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-009-0250-z     Document Type: Article

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