Crows spontaneously exhibit analogical reasoning

Current Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 256-260

  Smirnova, Anna ^a   Zorina, Zoya ^a   Obozova, Tanya ^a   Wasserman, Edward ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CORVIDAE;

ANIMAL; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CROW; DECISION MAKING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CROWS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84921367136     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.11.063     Document Type: Article

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