Symbolic association between individuals and objects by a chimpanzee as an initiation of ownership.
A chimpanzee, named Ai, received feeding training with two other apes. Ai was always fed with the green bowl; the other two apes were fed with different colored bowls. After this training, Ai could make symbolic associations between objects and individuals by using an artificial visual language, based only on her observation of bowls used in feeding without specific training.
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Institute for the Study of Child Development, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
D000818:Animals; D001245:Association Learning; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003210:Concept Formation; D005260:Female; D009042:Motivation; D009769:Object Attachment; D002679:Pan troglodytes / Q000523:psychology*; D013561:Symbolism