Spontaneous tool use and sensorimotor intelligence inCebuscompared with other monkeys and apes
- 1 June 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Behavioral and Brain Sciences
- Vol. 12 (3) , 561-588
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x00057678
Abstract
Spontaneous tool use and sensorimotor intelligence in Cebus were observed to determine whether tool use is discovered fortuitously and learned by trial-and-error or, rather, whether advanced sensorimotor abilities (experimentation and insight) are critical in its ontogeny and evolution.Keywords
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