Animal cognition: chimpanzee alarm calls depend on what others know

Robert M Seyfarth; Dorothy L Cheney

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2011.11.050

Animal cognition: chimpanzee alarm calls depend on what others know

Curr Biol. 2012 Jan 24;22(2):R51-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.11.050.

Authors

Robert M Seyfarth¹, Dorothy L Cheney

Affiliation

¹ Departments of Psychology and Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Seyfarth@psych.upenn.edu

PMID: 22280906
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.11.050

Abstract

After a wild chimpanzee encounters a model of a dangerous snake, whether or not he gives an alarm call depends on his perception of another individual's knowledge.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Cognition*
Female
Male
Pan troglodytes / psychology*
Vocalization, Animal*