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Evidence of means–end behavior in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)

The present study explores to what extent Asian elephants show “means–end” behavior. We used captive Asian elephants (N = 2) to conduct four variations of the Piagetian “support” problem, which involves a goal object that is out of reach, but rests on a support within reach. In the first condition,...

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Autores principales: Irie-Sugimoto, Naoko, Kobayashi, Tessei, Sato, Takao, Hasegawa, Toshikazu
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2668564/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18087732
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10071-007-0126-z