Imitative learning by captive western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in a simulated food-processing task

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 272-281

  Stoinski, Tara S ^b   Wrate, Joanna L ^a   Ure, Nicky ^a   Whiten, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b ZOO ATLANTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GORILLA; IMITATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GORILLA GORILLA; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 85047683503     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.115.3.272     Document Type: Article

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