Individual and social learning processes involved in the acquisition and generalization of tool use in macaques

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1585, 2012, Pages 24-36

  Macellini, S ^a   Maranesi, M ^b   Bonini, L ^b   Simone, L ^b   Rozzi, S ^b   Ferrari, P F ^a,b   Fogassi, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Action perception; Body schema; Mirror neurons; Sensorimotor experience; Tool selection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BRAIN; LEARNING; NEUROLOGY; PERCEPTION; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOOL USE;

HAPLORHINI; MACACA;

EID: 81555195446     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0125     Document Type: Article

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