Primates do not spontaneously use shape properties for object individuation: A competence or a performance problem?

Animal Cognition

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 407-414

  Mendes, Natacha ^a   Rakoczy, Hannes ^b   Call, Josep ^c  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Color; Food domain; Object individuation; Primates; Shape

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; GORILLA; MALE; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; FORM PERCEPTION; GORILLA GORILLA; MALE; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

HOMINIDAE; PAN; PRIMATES;

EID: 79955074080     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-010-0375-0     Document Type: Article

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