Wild bearded capuchin monkeys (Cebus libidinosus) place nuts in anvils selectively

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 297-305

  Liu, Qing ^a   Fragaszy, Dorothy ^a   Wright, Barth ^b   Wright, Kristin ^b   Izar, Patricia ^c   Visalberghi, Elisabetta ^d  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b KANSAS CITY UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Affordance; Anvil use; Capuchin; Cebus libidinosus; Embodied cognition; Nut cracking; Perception action; Selectivity; Social influence; Tool use

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; PERCEPTION; PRIMATE; TOOL USE; WILD POPULATION;

CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS LIBIDINOSUS;

EID: 78650209945     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.10.021     Document Type: Article

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