Folk Physics for Apes

By E. Visalberghi. 2001

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A theory of causal learning in children: causal maps and Bayes nets. (2004, background): “More generally, trial-and-error learning involves similar abilities for egocentric causal navigation.”
The Mentality of Crows: Convergent Evolution of Intelligence in Corvids and Apes (2004, background): “basic instrumental conditioning processes remains unclear (44).”
A case of quick problem solving in birds: string pulling in keas, Nestor notabilis (2006, background): “However, without presenting in probe trials strings that vary in the visual salience of connectedness, it remains unclear to what extent an understanding of ‘contact’ is grounded in a genuine appreciation of physical connection (Hauser 1997; Povinelli 2000 ).”
Primate Cognition (2010, background): “However, Povinelli (2000) conducted a series of well-known experiments with chimpanzees in which they failed on several tasks to transfer their tool-use skills to novel variations in a way that suggested they were using perceptually based strategies to solve the task rather than a knowledge of the…”
Insightful problem solving and creative tool modification by captive nontool-using rooks (2009, background): “Recent studies on tool-using chimpanzees (3, 4) and nontool-using birds and monkeys (5, 6) have questioned the relationship between tool use and physical intelligence.”
The functional architecture of human empathy. (2004, background): “Moreover, this self-reflexive capability (including emo- tion reappraisal) may be a crucial difference between humans and other animals (Povinelli, 2001).”
Revisiting the definition of animal tool use (2008, methodology): “Studies of tool use, both in the laboratory and in the field, continue to advance our understanding of the behavioural and cognitive capabilities of animals today (Tomasello & Call 1997; Povinelli 2000).”
Shaping of Hooks in New Caledonian Crows (2002, background): “Many animals use tools, but their understanding of physical forces or causal relations is unclear (1, 2 ). Primates are considered the most versatile and complex tool users, but observations of New Caledonian crows (Corvus moneduloides )( 3–5) raise the possibility that these birds may rival nonhum”
Rhesus monkeys, Macaca mulatta, know what others can and cannot hear (2006, background): “Nonhuman primates, the most widely studied group of nonhuman subjects, have notoriously failed to reason about the minds of others in a variety of empirical tasks (reviews in Tomasello & Call 1997; Heyes 1998; Povinelli 2000).”