Differences in the early cognitive development of children and great apes

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 547-573

  Wobber, Victoria ^a,b   Herrmann, Esther ^c   Hare, Brian ^d   Wrangham, Richard ^b   Tomasello, Michael ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonobos; Chimpanzees; Cognitive development; Comparative psychology; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

HOMINIDAE; PAN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONOBOS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHIMPANZEES; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MALE; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COGNITION; THEORY OF MIND;

BONOBOS; CHIMPANZEES; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL COGNITION;

ANIMALS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84897611441     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21125     Document Type: Article

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