Distinguishing logic from association in the solution of an invisible displacement task by children (Homo sapiens) and dogs (Canis familiaris): using negation of disjunction.
Prior research on the ability to solve the Piagetian invisible displacement task has focused on prerequisite representational capacity. This study examines the additional prerequisite of deduction. As in other tasks (e.g., conservation and transitivity) it is difficult to distinguish between behav...
| Published in: | Journal of Comparative Psychology Vol. 115; no. 3; pp. 219 - 227 |
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American Psychological Association
September 2001
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