Experimental field study of problem-solving using tools in free-ranging capuchins (Sapajus nigritus, formerly Cebus nigritus)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 344-358

  Garber, P A ^a   Gomes, D F ^b   Bicca Marques, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Black horned capuchins; Causal knowledge; Cognition; Situation bounded learning; Tool use

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; FRUIT; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; PRIMATE; TOOL USE; WILD POPULATION;

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

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

COSTA RICA;

CEBUS; CEBUS CAPUCINUS;

EID: 84860352077     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20957     Document Type: Article

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