Capuchins (Cebus apella) can solve a means-end problem

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 271-277

  Yocom, Anna M ^a   Boysen, Sarah T ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capuchins; Means end; Monkeys; Primates; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEBUS; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REWARD; VISION;

ANIMALS; CEBUS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REWARD; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77955781187     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019369     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Boesch C., Boesch H. Tool use and tool making in wild chimpanzees. Folia Primatologica 1990, 54:86-99.
2. Boysen S.T., Berntson G.G. Quantity judgments: Perceptual vs. cognitive mechanisms in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes 1995, 21:82-86.
3. Boysen S.T., Berntson G.G., Mukobi K.L. Size matters: Impact of item size and quantity on array choice by chimpanzees. Journal of Comparative Psychology 2001, 115:106-110.
4. Chevalier-Skolnikoff S. Tool use by wild Cebus monkeys at Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica. Primates 1990, 31:375-383.
5. Cummins-Sebree S.E., Fragaszy D.M. Choosing and using tools: Capuchins (Cebus apella) use a different metric than tamarins (Saguinus oedipus). Journal of Comparative Psychology 2005, 119:210-219.
6. de A.Moura A.C., Lee P.C. Capuchin stone tool use in Caatinga Dry Forest. Science 2004, 306:1909.
7. Evans T.A., Westergaard G.C. Discrimination of functionally appropriate and inappropriate throwing tools by captive tufted capuchins (Cebus apella). Animal Cognition 2004, 7:255-262.
8. Fragaszy D., Izar P., Visalberghi E., Ottoni E.B., Gomes de Oliveira M. Wild capuchin monkeys (Cebus libidinosus) use anvils and stone pounding tools. American Journal of Primatology 2004, 64:359-366.
9. Fujita K., Kuroshima H., Asai S. How do tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) understand causality involved in tool use?. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes 2003, 29:233-242.
10. Furlong E.E., Boose K.J., Boysen S.T. Raking it in: The impact of enculturation on chimpanzee tool use. Animal Cognition 2008, 11:83-97.
11. Hauser M.D. Artifactual kinds and functional design features: What a primate understands without language. Cognition 1997, 64:285-308.
12. Hauser M.D., Kralik J., Botto-Mahan C. Problem solving and functional design features: Experiments on cotton-top tamarins, Saguinus oedipus. Animal Behaviour 1999, 57:565-582.
13. Hauser M.D., Pearson H., Seelig D. Ontogeny of tool use in cotton top tamarins, Saguinus oedipus: Innate recognition of functionally relevant features. Animal Behaviour 2002, 64:299-311.
14. Herrmann E., Wobber V., Call J. Great apes' (Pan troglodytes, Pan paniscus, Gorilla gorilla, Pongo pygmaeus) understanding of tool functional properties after limited experience. Journal of Comparative Psychology 2008, 122:220-230.
15. Irie-Sugimoto N., Kobayashi T., Sato T., Hasegawa T. Evidence of means end behavior in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus). Animal Cognition 2008, 11:359-365.
16. Ottoni E.B., Mannu M. Semi free-ranging tufted capuchins (Cebus apella) spontaneously use tools to crack open nuts. International Journal of Primatology 2001, 22:347-358.
17. Phillips K.A. Tool use in wild capuchin monkeys (Cebus albifrons trinitatis). American Journal of Primatology 1998, 46:259-261.
18. Povinelli D.J. Folk physics for apes: The chimpanzee's theory of how the world works 2000, Oxford University Press, New York, NY.
19. Povinelli D.J., Reaux J.E., Theall L.A., Giambrone S. The support problem: Physical connection revisited. Folk physics for apes: The chimpanzee's theory of how the world works 2000, 254-270. Oxford University Press, New York, NY. D.J. Povinelli (Ed.).
20. Santos L.R., Miller C.T., Hauser M.D. Representing tools: How two non-human primate species distinguish between the functionally relevant and irrelevant features of a tool. Animal Cognition 2003, 6:269-281.
21. Schmidt G.F., Cook R.G. Mind the gap: Means-end discrimination by pigeons. Animal Behaviour 2006, 71:599-608.
22. Schrauf C., Huber L., Visalberghi E. Do capuchin monkeys use weight to select hammer tools?. Animal Cognition 2008, 11:413-422.
23. Schuck-Paim C., Borsari A., Ottoni E.B. Means to an end: Neotropical parrots manage to pull strings to meet their goals. Animal Cognition 2009, 12:287-301.
24. Siegel S., Castellan N.J. Nonparametric statistics for the behavioral sciences 1988, McGraw-Hill, Boston, MA. 2nd ed.
25. Spaulding B., Hauser M. What experience is required for acquiring tool competence? Experiments with two callitrichids. Animal Behaviour 2005, 70:517-526.
26. Spinozzi G., Poti P. Causality I: The support problem. Cognitive structure and development in nonhuman primates 1989, 113-119. Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ. F. Antinucci (Ed.).
27. Spinozzi G., Poti P. Piagetian stage 5 in two infant chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): The development of the permanence of objects and the spatialization of causality. International Journal of Primatology 1993, 14:905-917.
28. Visalberghi E. Tool use in cebus. Folia Primatologica 1990, 54:146-154.
29. Visalberghi E., Addessi E., Truppa V., Spagnoletti N., Ottoni E., Izar P., Fragaszy D. Selection of effective stone tools by wild bearded capuchin monkeys. Current Biology 2009, 19:213-217.
30. Visalberghi E., Fragaszy D., Ottoni E., Izar P., de Oliveira M.G., Andrade F.R.D. Characteristics of hammer stones and anvils used by wild bearded capuchin monkeys (Cebus libidinosus) to crack open palm nuts. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 2007, 132:426-444.
31. Visalberghi E., Fragaszy D.M., Savage-Rumbaugh S. Performance in a tool-using task by common chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), bonobos (Pan paniscus), an orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus), and capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). Journal of Comparative Psychology 1995, 109:52-60.
32. Visalberghi E., Limongelli L. Lack of comprehension of cause-effect relations in tool-using capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). Journal of Comparative Psychology 1994, 108:15-22.
33. Visalberghi E., Sabbatini G., Spagnoletti N., Andrade F.R.D., Ottoni E., Izar P., Fragaszy D. Physical properties of palm fruits processed with tools by wild bearded capuchins (Cebus libidinosus). American Journal of Primatology 2008, 70:884-891.
34. Visalberghi E., Tomasello M. Primate causal understanding in the physical and psychological domains. Behavioural Processes 1998, 42:189-203.
35. Visalberghi E., Trinca L. Tool use in capuchin monkeys: Distinguishing between performing and understanding. Primates 1989, 30:511-521.
36. Westergaard G.C., Fragaszy D.M. The manufacture and use of tools by capuchin monkeys. Journal of Comparative Psychology 1987, 101:159-168.
37. Westergaard G.C., Greene J.A., Babitz M.A., Suomi S.J. Pestle use and modification by tufted capuchins (Cebus apella). International Journal of Primatology 1995, 16:643-651.
38. Westergaard G.C., Suomi S.J. The stone tools of capuchins (Cebus apella). International Journal of Primatology 1995, 16:1017-1024.