The apes' edge: Positional learning in chimpanzees and humans

Animal Cognition

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 483-495

  Endress, Ansgar D ^a   Carden, Sarah ^b   Versace, Elisabetta ^b,c   Hauser, Marc D ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artificial grammar learning; Language acquisition; Serial memory

Indexed keywords

AVES; CETACEA; HYLOBATIDAE; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; SERIAL LEARNING; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954686241     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-009-0299-8     Document Type: Article

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