Goal attribution in chimpanzees

Author(s): Nichols, S.

Journal/Book: Cognition. 2000; 76: PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands. Elsevier Science Bv. B27-B34.

Abstract: Does the chimpanzee attribute goals to others? Recent infant studies using the looking time measure have been interpreted as evidence that human infants attribute goals. An experiment modeled on these studies was can-led out on chimpanzees, and the chimpanzees responded the way infants do. This indicates that chimpanzees also attribute goals and hence that this capacity is not distinctively human.

Note: Article Uller C, Univ Louisiana, Inst Cognit Sci, Lafayette,LA 70504 USA

Keyword(s): theory of mind; goal attribution; comparative cognition; PAN-TROGLODYTES; INFANCY

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