Chimpanzees and bonobos exhibit divergent spatial memory development

Developmental Science

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 840-853

  Rosati, Alexandra G ^a   Hare, Brian ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGO; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MEMORY; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CONGO; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84868097461     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2012.01182.x     Document Type: Article

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