An investigation into the cognition behind spontaneous string pulling in new caledonian crows

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Taylor, Alex H ^a   Medina, Felipe S ^a   Holzhaider, Jennifer C ^a   Hearne, Lindsay J ^a   Hunt, Gavin R ^a   Gray, Russell D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COW; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; LEARNING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEW CALEDONIA; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SPONTANEOUS STRING PULLING; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANIMAL; CROW; DECISION MAKING; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOOL USE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CORVIDAE;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CROWS; NEW CALEDONIA; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77949629349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009345     Document Type: Article

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