Early spontaneous categorization in primate infants-chimpanzees, humans, and Japanese macaques-with the familiarization-novelty preference task

Cognitive Development in Chimpanzees

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 279-304

  Murai, Chizuko ^a  

^a TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84920095756     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/4-431-30248-4_18     Document Type: Chapter

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