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New Caledonian crows reason about hidden causal agents

Date

Authors

Taylor, Alex H

Miller, Rachael

Gray, Russell

Publisher

National Academy of Sciences (USA)

Abstract

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

Keywords

Keywords: 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

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/60321

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1073/pnas.1208724109

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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