Discrimination of functionally appropriate and inappropriate throwing tools by captive tufted capuchins (Cebus apella)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 255-262

  Evans, Theodore Avery ^a   Westergaard, Gregory Charles ^a  

^a Alpha Genesis Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Capuchin; Cebus; Cognition; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CEBUS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 8744296094     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-004-0220-4     Document Type: Article

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