Spontaneous transfer of matching by infant chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).

Oden, David L., Thompson, Roger K., Premack, David·1988·Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes
DOI 10.1037//0097-7403.14.2.140

Abstract

Four infant chimpanzees learned a matching-to-sample task when only two training stimuli were used. They then spontaneously transferred the matching concept to novel items, including three-dimensional objects and fabric swatches, without any experimenter-provided differential feedback. These results support the view that the matching concept is broadly construed by chimpanzees from the beginning and does not depend upon explicit training.

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Oden, D. L., Thompson, R. K., & Premack, D. (1988). Spontaneous transfer of matching by infant chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes. https://doi.org/10.1037//0097-7403.14.2.140

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