How Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) Innovate for Water

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-28

  Russon, Anne E ^a   Kuncoro, Purwo ^b   Ferisa, Agnes ^c   Handayani, Dwi Putri ^d  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Borneo Orangutan Society Kalimantan Timur   (Indonesia)

^d NONE   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

creativity; great ape; innovation; innovative processes; orangutan

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CREATIVITY; LEARNING; ORANG UTAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CREATIVENESS; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; PONGO PYGMAEUS;

EID: 77649169155     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017929     Document Type: Article

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