Concept of mind in non-human primates

Bioscience Horizons

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 96-104

  Towner, Sarah ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Cognition; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893871156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17547431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biohorizons/hzq011     Document Type: Review

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