Conditional Copying Fidelity in Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus apella)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-37

  Dindo, Marietta ^a   Thierry, Bernard ^b   de Waal, Frans B M ^c   Whiten, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

capuchin; Cebus apella; copying fidelity; social learning; social learning strategies; traditions

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; IMITATION; LEARNING; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CEBUS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 77649092030     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018005     Document Type: Article

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