Intuitions about gravity and solidity in great apes: The tubes task

Developmental Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 320-330

  Cacchione, Trix ^a   Call, Josep ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GORILLA; GRAVITY; HARDNESS; INTUITION; ORANG UTAN; PAN PANISCUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CUES; FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; GRAVITATION; HARDNESS; INTUITION; PAN PANISCUS; PONGO PYGMAEUS;

EID: 76949099979     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00881.x     Document Type: Article

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