The structure of individual differences in the cognitive abilities of children and chimpanzees

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 102-110

  Herrmann, Esther ^a   Hernández Lloreda, Maria Victoria ^b   Call, Josep ^a   Hare, Brian ^c   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Human children; Individual differences; Physical cognition; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; APTITUDE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PAN TROGLODYTES; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77951288680     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797609356511     Document Type: Article

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