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Tool Use Learning

Tool Use Learning is a category of manipulation learning that specifically involves the acquisition of sensorimotor policies enabling an agent to interact with and control external objects as functional extensions of its body to achieve goal-directed tasks.

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2017–2026

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The Human Adaptation for Culture

Michael Tomasello · Annual Review of Anthropology · 1999 · 580 citations

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Observational learning of tool-use by young chimpanzees

Michael Tomasello, Maryann Davis-DaSilva, L. Camak et al. · Human Evolution · 1987 · 417 citations

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Young children's rapid learning about artifacts

Krista Casler, Deborah Kelemen · Developmental Science · 2005 · 202 citations

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The Beginnings of Tool Use by Infants and Toddlers

Michael E. McCarty, Rachel K. Clifton, Roberta R. Collard · Infancy · 2001 · 202 citations

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The fourth dimension of tool use: temporally enduring artefacts aid primates learning to use tools

Dorothy M. Fragaszy, Dora Biro, Yonat Eshchar et al. · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2013 · 198 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. AI
    Atsushi Iriki

    RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Japan

    7 publications · 488 citations

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  2. JE
    Jan Elen

    KU Leuven, Belgium

    6 publications · 318 citations

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  3. GC
    Geraldine Clarebout

    KU Leuven, Belgium

    6 publications · 318 citations

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  4. MT
    Michael Tomasello

    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany

    4 publications · 1.1K citations

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  5. AW
    Andrew Whiten

    University of St Andrews, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 376 citations

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Institutions

104

  1. KU Leuven

    Leuven, Belgium

    6 h-index

    14 publications

    741 citations

  2. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

    Leipzig, Germany

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    1.2K citations

  3. University of St Andrews

    St Andrews, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    601 citations

  4. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

    Tokyo, Japan

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    469 citations

  5. RIKEN Center for Brain Science

    Wako, Japan

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    508 citations

  6. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    366 citations

  7. North Carolina State University

    Raleigh, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    189 citations

  8. National Research Council

    Rome, Italy

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    234 citations

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  1. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

    JECP · 8 publications · 372 citations

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  2. Computers in Human Behavior

    4 publications · 248 citations

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  3. Scientific Reports

    2 publications · 207 citations

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