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Comparative Primate Learning and its Contributions to Understanding Development, Play, Intelligence, and Language

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Perspectives in Primate Biology

Part of the book series: Advances in Behavioral Biology ((ABBI,volume 9))

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The purpose of this chapter is to summarize our current understanding of the comparative learning processes and capabilities of primates. The reader’s attention is directed to recent reviews of comparative primate learning (19, 20) for additional information and formulations that are related directly to the present discussion. The studies herein discussed, and those reviewed in the foregoing references, are all embraced within the domain of classic, comparative psychology.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Duane M. Rumbaugh

  2. Yerkes Regional Primate Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Duane M. Rumbaugh

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    A. B. Chiarelli

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Rumbaugh, D.M. (1974). Comparative Primate Learning and its Contributions to Understanding Development, Play, Intelligence, and Language. In: Chiarelli, A.B. (eds) Perspectives in Primate Biology. Advances in Behavioral Biology, vol 9. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8990-7_7

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