The keybox: Shape-frame fitting during tool use in Goffin's cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana).

The ability to move an object in alignment to a surface develops early in human ontogeny. However, aligning not just your own body but also the object itself in relation to a surface with a specific shape requires using landmarks rather than the own body as a frame of reference for orientation. The...

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Main Authors: Cornelia Habl, Alice Marie Isabel Auersperg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0186859