Baboons, like humans, solve analogy by categorical abstraction of relations

Animal Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 519-524

  Flemming, Timothy M ^a,c   Thompson, Roger K R ^b   Fagot, Joël ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c REED COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstract thinking; Analogical reasoning; Analogy; Monkey; Representation; RMTS; Same different

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECIDAE; HAPLORHINI; HOMO SAPIENS; PAPIO; PAPIO PAPIO;

EID: 84876096877     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-013-0596-0     Document Type: Article

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