A novel test of planning ability: Great apes can plan step-by-step but not in advance of action

Emma C. Tecwyn; Susannah K.S. Thorpe; Jackie Chappell

doi:10.1016/j.beproc.2013.09.016

A novel test of planning ability: Great apes can plan step-by-step but not in advance of action

Emma C. Tecwyn^*, Susannah K.S. Thorpe, Jackie Chappell

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University of Birmingham

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	174-184
Number of pages	11
Journal	Behavioural Processes
Volume	100
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2013.09.016
Publication status	Published (VoR) - Nov 2013

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We would like to thank Twycross Zoo (UK), Apenheul Primate Park (Netherlands) and Ouwehands Dierenpark Rhenen (Netherlands) for granting permission for this research. Special thanks go to the keepers who generously gave their time, support and knowledge when testing the primates: Donna Smithson and Amber Cocks (Twycross), Rudy Berends, Bianca Klein and Leo Hulsker (Apenheul) and Monique Mul, Dorothe van Heumen, Olaf van Leuven and Joord De Meijer (Ouwehands). We wish to thank Dr Jolyon Troscianko and Dr Sam Coward for technical help and the lending of tools for building the paddle-box apparatus. Thanks also to the anonymous reviewers for their constructive and helpful comments. This study was funded by a Natural Environment Research Council studentship to E.C.T.

Keywords

Bonobo
Cognition
Great ape
Inhibitory control
Orangutan
Planning
Problem solving

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