The role of socio-communicative rearing environments in the development of social and physical cognition in apes

Developmental Science

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1459-1470

  Russell, Jamie L ^a   Lyn, Heidi ^b   Schaeffer, Jennifer A ^a   Hopkins, William D ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HOMINID; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; APTITUDE TESTS; COGNITION; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 80054934010     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2011.01090.x     Document Type: Article

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