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New Caledonian crows reason about hidden causal agents

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Taylor, Alex H; Miller, Rachael; Gray, Russell

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The ability to make inferences about hidden causal mechanisms underpins scientific and religious thought. It also facilitates the understanding of social interactions and the production of sophisticated tool-using behaviors. However, although animals can

dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Alex H
dc.contributor.authorMiller, Rachael
dc.contributor.authorGray, Russell
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T22:56:39Z
dc.identifier.issn0027-8424
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/60321
dc.description.abstractThe ability to make inferences about hidden causal mechanisms underpins scientific and religious thought. It also facilitates the understanding of social interactions and the production of sophisticated tool-using behaviors. However, although animals can
dc.publisherNational Academy of Sciences (USA)
dc.sourcePNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
dc.subjectKeywords: animal behavior; animal experiment; article; causal attribution; cognition; crow; female; male; molecular probe; New Caledonia; nonhuman; priority journal; Animals; Cognition; Crows; New Caledonia; Problem Solving; Tool Use Behavior; Animalia; Corvida; Co Causal cognition; Corvids; Evolution of intelligence
dc.titleNew Caledonian crows reason about hidden causal agents
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.citationvolume109
dc.date.issued2012
local.identifier.absfor060399 - Evolutionary Biology not elsewhere classified
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4326120xPUB533
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationTaylor, Alex H, University of Auckland
local.contributor.affiliationMiller, Rachael, University of Vienna
local.contributor.affiliationGray, Russell, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.bibliographicCitation.issue40
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage3
local.identifier.doi10.1073/pnas.1208724109
local.identifier.absseo970122 - Expanding Knowledge in Philosophy and Religious Studies
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T10:56:24Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84867043660
local.identifier.thomsonID000309611400086
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