Cognitive processes associated with sequential tool use in New Caledonian crows.

BACKGROUND: Using tools to act on non-food objects--for example, to make other tools--is considered to be a hallmark of human intelligence, and may have been a crucial step in our evolution. One form of this behaviour, 'sequential tool use', has been observed in a number of non-human prim...

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Main Authors: Wimpenny, J, Weir, A, Clayton, L, Rutz, C, Kacelnik, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2009