When and how well can human-socialized capuchins match actions demonstrated by a familiar human?

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 643-654

  Fragaszy, Dorothy M ^a   Deputte, Bertrand ^b   Cooper, Elizabeth Johnson ^c   Colbert White, Erin N ^a   Hémery, Claire ^b  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Human rearing; Imitation; Movement; Spatial cognition; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; MOVEMENT; PRIMATE; REARING; SPATIAL COGNITION; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CEBUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEBUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CEBUS; HAPLORHINI;

EID: 79956192360     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20941     Document Type: Article

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