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| J CallSummaryAffiliation: University of Liverpool Country: UK Publications
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Perceptual strategies in the estimation of physical quantities by orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus)J Call
Department of Psychology, Emory University, USA
J Comp Psychol 111:315-29. 1997..Results indicated that the direct perceptual estimation strategy was the best candidate to explain the orangutan's systematic choice of the larger of 2 quantities...
Distinguishing intentional from accidental actions in orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus), chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), and human children (Homo sapiens)J Call
Department of Psychology, Emory University, USA
J Comp Psychol 112:192-206. 1998..The authors speculate that understanding of others' intentions may precede the understanding of others' beliefs both at the ontogenetic and phylogenetic levels...
Liquid conservation in orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) and humans (Homo sapiens): individual differences and perceptual strategiesJ Call
Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
J Comp Psychol 110:219-32. 1996..Piaget (1955) and others have generally agreed it should be defined, orangutans behaved as individual and creative problem solvers, adopting different perceptual strategies depending on the task...
Comprehension of novel communicative signs by apes and human childrenM Tomasello
Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Child Dev 68:1067-80. 1997..This may be because apes do not perceive and understand the communicative intentions of others, at least not in a human-like way...
