title: Simpler for evolution: Secondary representation in apes, children, and ancestors
creator: Suddendorf, Thomas
subject: Developmental Psychology
subject: Ethology
subject: Primatology
subject: Philosophy of Mind
subject: Evolutionary Psychology
subject: Animal Behavior
subject: Animal Cognition
subject: Philosophy of Language
subject: Cognitive Psychology
subject: Comparative Psychology
description: Great apes show behavioural evidence for secondary representation similar to that of children of about two years of age. However, there is no convincing evidence for metarepresentation in apes. A good evolutionary interpretation should be parsimonious and must bring developmental and comparative data in accord. I propose a model based on the work of Perner (1991) and close by pointing out a logical flaw in Heyes’ second proposed experiment.  
date: 1998
type: Journal (Paginated)
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
identifier: http://cogprints.org/2614/1/bbs.pdf
identifier:   Suddendorf, Thomas  (1998) Simpler for evolution: Secondary representation in apes, children, and ancestors.  [Journal (Paginated)]     
relation: http://cogprints.org/2614/