Insightful problem solving in an asian elephant

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Foerder, Preston ^a   Galloway, Marie ^b   Barthel, Tony ^b   Moore III, Donald E ^b   Reiss, Diana ^a,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEPHANT; FEMALE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; INTROSPECTION; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NONHUMAN; OBJECT MANIPULATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOOL USE; ANIMAL; ASIA; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS;

ANIMALS; ASIA; ELEPHANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 80051853564     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023251     Document Type: Article

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