Triadic and collaborative play by gorillas in social games with objects

Animal Cognition

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 591-607

  Tanner, Joanne E ^a,b   Byrne, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Great ape; Intersubjectivity; Joint attention; Object play; Triadic interaction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; FEMALE; MALE; RECREATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOOL USE;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

HOMINIDAE; PAN;

EID: 77953913605     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-009-0308-y     Document Type: Article

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