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Tools of engagement: Information seeking in chimpanzees

Author: Victoria L. Templer

Published in: Learning & Behavior | Issue 2/2019

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Two widely studied and impressive cognitive feats in nonhuman animals, metacognition and tool use, both require the cognitive tools of monitoring and controlling knowledge states and adaptive actions toward desirable outcomes. In a recent study, Perdue, Evans, and Beran (PLoS ONE, 13(4), e0193229, 2018) found that some chimpanzees used tools to selectively acquire information and make inferences, indicating metacognitive awareness and appropriate use of tools depending on the content of those knowledge states.

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Title: Tools of engagement: Information seeking in chimpanzees
Author: Victoria L. Templer
Publication date: 15-08-2018
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Learning & Behavior / Issue 2/2019
Print ISSN: 1543-4494
Electronic ISSN: 1543-4508
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/s13420-018-0342-1

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