Goal attribution in chimpanzees

Claudia Uller; Shaun Nichols

doi:10.1016/S0010-0277(00)00078-0

Goal attribution in chimpanzees

Claudia Uller, Shaun Nichols

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Abstract

Does the chimpanzee attribute goals to others? Recent infant studies using the looking time measure have been interpreted as evidence that human infants attribute goals. An experiment modeled on these studies was carried out on chimpanzees, and the chimpanzees responded the way infants do. This indicates that chimpanzees also attribute goals and hence that this capacity is not distinctively human. Copyright (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	B27-B34
Journal	Cognition
Volume	76
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0010-0277(00)00078-0
State	Published - Aug 14 2000

Keywords

Comparative cognition
Goal attribution
Theory of mind

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Language and Linguistics
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Linguistics and Language
Cognitive Neuroscience

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