Making inferences about the location of hidden food: social dog, causal ape

• Published in: Journal of comparative psychology (1983) Vol. 120; no. 1; p. 38
• Main Authors: Bräuer, Juliane, Kaminski, Juliane, Riedel, Julia, Call, Josep, Tomasello, Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.02.2006
• Subjects: Animals; Communication; Cues; Dogs; Exploratory Behavior; Feeding Behavior; Female; Food; Male; Pan paniscus; Pan troglodytes; Visual Perception

Domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) and great apes from the genus Pan were tested on a series of object choice tasks. In each task, the location of hidden food was indicated for subjects by some kind of communicative, behavioral, or physical cue. On the basis of differences in the ecologies of these 2...