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This research examined token-mediated tool-use in a tufted capuchin monkey (Cebus apella). We conducted five experiments. In experiment 1 we examined the use of plastic color-coded chips to request food, and in experiments 2–5 we examined the use of color-coded chips to request tools. Our subject learned to use chips to request tools following the same general pattern seen in great apes performing analogous tasks, that is, initial discrimination followed by an understanding of the relationship among tokens, tools, and their functions. Our findings are consistent with the view that parallel representational processes underlie the tool-related behavior of capuchins and great apes.
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Westergaard, G., Liv, C., Chavanne, T. et al. Token-mediated tool-use by a tufted capuchin monkey (Cebus apella). Anim Cogn 1, 101–106 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100710050014
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