How Monkeys See the World: Inside the Mind of Another Species
Bibliographic Collection:
Anthropogeny
Publication Type: Book
Authors: Cheney, Dorothy L; Seyfarth, Robert M.
Year of Publication: 1990
Number of Pages: 377
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
City: Chicago
Publication Language: eng
ISBN Number: 0226102467
Keywords: Cercopithecus aethiops, Cercopithecus Kenya Amboseli National Park., Cognition in animals, Primates
Abstract:
An exploration of communication and intelligence in free-ranging primates. Much of the text is devoted to the authors' field studies on velvet monkeys in East Africa. Theories of modern cognitive science are applied in order to discover the similarity and differences between the cognition of monkeys and humans. Some topics discussed are: social behavior, vocal communication, deception, and attribution.
Label: 1990
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