What are we learning from teaching?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1207-1211

  Byrne, Richard W ^a   Rapaport, Lisa G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution of mind; Functional definition; Intention; Social learning; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054763760     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.08.018     Document Type: Note

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