Great Apes Select Tools on the Basis of Their Rigidity

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 409-422

  Manrique, Héctor Marín ^a   Gross, Alexandra Nam Mi ^a   Call, Josep ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Object properties; Primates; Problem solving; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GORILLA; HARDNESS; MALE; ORANG UTAN; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIMATE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOOL USE;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; HARDNESS; MALE; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; PAN; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 78049497351     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019296     Document Type: Article

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