Tool choice on the basis of rigidity in capuchin monkeys

Animal Cognition

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 775-786

  Manrique, Héctor Marín ^a   Sabbatini, Gloria ^b   Call, Josep ^a   Visalberghi, Elisabetta ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Monkeys; Object properties; Primates; Problem solving; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEBUS; FEMALE; MALE; PLIABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TOOL USE;

ANIMALS; CEBUS; FEMALE; MALE; PLIABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

CEBUS; HAPLORHINI; PRIMATES;

EID: 80255123511     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-011-0410-9     Document Type: Article

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