Searching in the Middle-Capuchins' (Cebus apella) and Bonobos' (Pan paniscus) Behavior During a Spatial Search Task

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 92-109

  Potì, Patrizia ^a   Kanngiesser, Patricia ^b   Saporiti, Martina ^a   Amiconi, Alessandra ^a   Bläsing, Bettina ^c   Call, Josep ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

bonobos; capuchins; landmark configuration; middle rule; vector averaging

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; CEBIDAE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PAN PANISCUS; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEBUS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; PAN PANISCUS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEO RECORDING;

CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA; PAN PANISCUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 76849116017     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015970     Document Type: Article

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