Do African grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus) know what a human experimenter does and does not see?

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 237-240

  Peron F ^a   Chardard, C ^a   Nagle, L ^a   Bovet, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

African grey parrots; Hiding; Perception attribution; Perspective taking

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COGNITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FOOD; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PARAKEET; PARROT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMAL TECHNICIANS; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CUES; HUMANS; PARROTS; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AVES; MAMMALIA; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACUS ERITHACUS;

EID: 79956299563     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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