The keybox: Shape-frame fitting during tool use in Goffin's cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana).
The ability to move an object in alignment to a surface develops early in human ontogeny. However, aligning not just your own body but also the object itself in relation to a surface with a specific shape requires using landmarks rather than the own body as a frame of reference for orientation. The...
Main Authors: | Cornelia Habl, Alice Marie Isabel Auersperg |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0186859 |
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