Production and Comprehension of Gestures between Orang-Utans (Pongo pygmaeus) in a Referential Communication Game
Orang-utans played a communication game in two studies testing their ability to produce and comprehend requestive pointing. While the ‘communicator’ could see but not obtain hidden food, the ‘donor’ could release the food to the communicator, but could not see its location for herself. They could co...
Main Authors: | Moore, Richard, Call, Josep, Tomasello, Michael |
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2015
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4474718/ |
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