Unique perceptuomotor control of stone hammers in wild monkeys

We analysed the patterns of coordination of striking movement and perceptuomotor control of stone hammers in wild bearded capuchin monkeys, Sapajus libidinosus as they cracked open palm nut using hammers of different mass, a habitual behaviour in our study population. We aimed to determine why these...

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Published in:Biol Lett
Main Authors: Mangalam, Madhur, Pacheco, Matheus Maia, Izar, Patrícia, Visalberghi, Elisabetta, Fragaszy, Dorothy Munkenbeck
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society 2018
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Biomechanics
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5803590/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29321246
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2017.0587
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