Chimpanzees and bonobos distinguish between risk and ambiguity

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-18

  Rosati, Alexandra G ^a   Hare, Brian ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Metacognition; Primates; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EXTINCTION RISK; HOMINID; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESEARCH WORK; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; PAN; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 79551501736     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0927     Document Type: Article

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