Influence of personality, age, sex, and estrous state on chimpanzee problem-solving success

Animal Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 835-847

  Hopper, Lydia M ^a,b   Price, Sara A ^b,c,d   Freeman, Hani D ^a,b   Lambeth, Susan P ^b   Schapiro, Steven J ^b,e   Kendal, Rachel L ^d  

^a Lincoln Park Zoo   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Enrichment; Estrous state; Pan troglodytes; Personality; Problem solving; Sexual swelling

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PERSONALITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84903220957     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-013-0715-y     Document Type: Article

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