Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and human children (Homo sapiens) know when they are ignorant about the location of food

Animal Cognition

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 683-699

  Neldner, Karri ^a   Collier Baker, Emma ^a   Nielsen, Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Animal cognition; Chimpanzee; Escape response; Metacognition; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; MALE; METACOGNITION; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGY; REWARD;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; MALE; METACOGNITION; PAN TROGLODYTES; PROBLEM SOLVING; REWARD;

EID: 84939981650     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-015-0836-6     Document Type: Article

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