Imitation and local enhancement: Detrimental effects of consensus definitions on analyses of social learning in animals

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 100, Issue , 2013, Pages 123-130

  Galef, Bennett G ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Copying; Culture; Emulation; Imitation; Local enhancement; Tradition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; EMERGENCE; FACILITATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

BIRD; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; IMITATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTROSPECTION; LINGUISTICS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

COPYING; CULTURE; EMULATION; IMITATION; LOCAL ENHANCEMENT; TRADITION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84884253279     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2013.07.026     Document Type: Review

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