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Color Recognition in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

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  1. Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, 41 Kanrin, Inuyama, Aichi, 484-8506, Japan

    Toyomi Matsuno & Tetsuro Matsuzawa

  2. Graduate School of Information Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan

    Nobuyuki Kawai

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    Tetsuro Matsuzawa Ph.D. (Professor), Masaki Tomonaga Ph.D. (Associate Professor) & Masayuki Tanaka Ph.D. (Assistant Professor) (Professor),  (Associate Professor) &  (Assistant Professor)

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Matsuno, T., Kawai, N., Matsuzawa, T. (2006). Color Recognition in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). In: Matsuzawa, T., Tomonaga, M., Tanaka, M. (eds) Cognitive Development in Chimpanzees. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/4-431-30248-4_20

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