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Herrmann, Esther; Tomasello, Michael – Developmental Science, 2006
Chimpanzees ("Pan troglodytes") and bonobos ("Pan paniscus") (Study 1) and 18- and 24-month-old human children (Study 2) participated in a novel communicative task. A human experimenter (E) hid food or a toy in one of two opaque containers before gesturing towards the reward's location in one of two ways. In the Informing condition, she attempted…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Inferences, Object Permanence, Infants