Chimpanzees demonstrate individual differences in social information use
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Individual consistency and flexibility in human social information use.
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عنوان ژورنال: Animal Cognition
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1435-9448,1435-9456
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-018-1198-7