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Motor planning in primates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2012

Daniel J. Weiss ,
Kate M. Chapman ,
Jason D. Wark  and
David A. Rosenbaum
Daniel J. Weiss
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology and Program in Linguistics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802. djw21@psu.edu
Kate M. Chapman
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802. kmc385@psu.edu
Jason D. Wark
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106. jason.wark@case.edu
David A. Rosenbaum
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802. dar12@psu.edu
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Abstract

Vaesen asks whether goal maintenance and planning ahead are critical for innovative tool use. We suggest that these aptitudes may have an evolutionary foundation in motor planning abilities that span all primate species. Anticipatory effects evidenced in the reaching behaviors of lemurs, tamarins, and rhesus monkeys similarly bear on the evolutionary origins of foresight as it pertains to tool use.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 35 , Issue 4 , August 2012 , pp. 244
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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