Laboratory studies of imitation/field studies of tradition: towards a synthesis in animal social learning.
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Summary
An alternative approach to the laboratory study of imitation that might increase the relevance of laboratory studies of imitation to the work of behavioral ecologists/primatologists interested in animal traditions and their relationship to human cumulative culture is discussed.
- Type
- review
- Published
- 2015-03-01
- Cited by
- 23
- References
- 64
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- https://openalex.org/W2131854596
- Semantic Scholar
- https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:24467355
Keywords
Imitation, Psychology, Action (physics), Relevance (law), Social learning
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