Cognitive abilities before birth: Learning and long-lasting memory in a chimpanzee fetus

Cognitive Development in Chimpanzees

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 48-63

  Kawai, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 76049086504     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/4-431-30248-4_3     Document Type: Chapter

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