The impact of environment on the comprehension of declarative communication in apes

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 360-365

  Lyn, Heidi ^a   Russell, Jamie L ^b   Hopkins, William D ^a,b  

^a AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apes; Declarative pointing; Language evolution; Social rearing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPREHENSION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 77951279851     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610362218     Document Type: Article

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