Problem-Solving in Tool-Using and Non-Tool-Using Animals

Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 778-785

  Seed, A M ^a   Call, J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognition; Corvids; Object manipulation; Primates; Problem solving; Representation; Tools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84984859300     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-045337-8.00090-5     Document Type: Chapter

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