Roger K R Thompson
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Pochron S, Thompson R
Behav Processes
. 2019 Jul;
166:103901.
PMID: 31276743
Tonic Immobility (TI) functions as anti-predator defense. Its duration depends on cues signaling predator proximity. One such cue includes alarm calls from conspecifics and non-conspecifics. This study aimed to determine...
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Wasserman E, Thompson R
Learn Behav
. 2017 Jan;
45(2):103-104.
PMID: 28078654
Scientists hoping to elucidate the origin of human stone tool manufacture and use have looked to extant primate species for possible clues. Although some skepticism has been raised, there is...
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Thompson R, Flemming T, Hagmann C
Behav Processes
. 2015 Nov;
123:74-83.
PMID: 26581319
Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) with the aid of token training can achieve analogical reasoning, or the ability to understand relations-between-relations (e.g., Premack, 1976; Thompson, Oden, & Boysen, 1997). However, extraordinarily few...
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Mehrkam L, Thompson R
J Appl Anim Welf Sci
. 2014 Jun;
18(1):1-16.
PMID: 24940635
Mixed-species exhibits are becoming increasingly common in the captive management of a wide range of species. Systematic evaluations of enclosures consisting of multiple subspecies, however, are relatively infrequent. The aim...
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Flemming T, Thompson R, Fagot J
Anim Cogn
. 2013 Jan;
16(3):519-24.
PMID: 23334572
Reasoning by analogy is one of the most complex and highly adaptive cognitive processes in abstract thinking. For humans, analogical reasoning entails the judgment and conceptual mapping of relations-between-relations and...
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Fagot J, Thompson R
Psychol Sci
. 2011 Sep;
22(10):1304-9.
PMID: 21934135
Analogical reasoning is considered the hallmark of human reasoning, but some studies have demonstrated that language- and symbol-trained chimpanzees can also reason analogically. Despite the potential adaptive value of this...
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Flemming T, Thompson R, Beran M, Washburn D
J Exp Psychol Anim Behav Process
. 2011 May;
37(3):353-60.
PMID: 21574737
Monkeys, unlike chimpanzees and humans, have a marked difficulty acquiring relational matching-to-sample (RMTS) tasks that likely reflect the cognitive foundation upon which analogical reasoning rests. In the present study, rhesus...
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Fagot J, Thompson R, Parron C
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2010 Jan;
107(2):519-20.
PMID: 20080714
No abstract available.
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Flemming T, Beran M, Thompson R, Kleider H, Washburn D
J Comp Psychol
. 2008 May;
122(2):176-85.
PMID: 18489233
Thus far, language- and token-trained apes (e.g., D. Premack, 1976; R. K. R. Thompson, D. L. Oden, & S. T. Boysen, 1997) have provided the best evidence that nonhuman animals...