Cognitive mechanisms matter - but they do not explain the absence of teaching in chimpanzees

Richard Moore; Claudio Tennie

doi:10.1017/S0140525X14000521

Cognitive mechanisms matter - but they do not explain the absence of teaching in chimpanzees

Richard Moore^*, Claudio Tennie

^*Corresponding author for this work

Psychology

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Abstract

Kline's functional categories for the evolution of teaching blur some valuable distinctions. Moreover, her account provides no answer to the question of why direct active teaching seems to be a uniquely human phenomenon.

Original language	English
Article number	e50
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	38
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X14000521
Publication status	Published - 15 May 2014

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Behavioral Neuroscience
Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
Physiology
Language and Linguistics
Linguistics and Language

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Cognitive mechanisms matter - but they do not explain the absence of teaching in chimpanzees

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