How do adult humans compare with New Caledonian crows in tool selectivity?

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-95

  Silva, Francisco J ^a,b   Silva, Kathleen M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROW; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEW CALEDONIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOOL USE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CROWS; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; NEW CALEDONIA; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77949896692     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: 15434508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/LB.38.1.87     Document Type: Article

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