Keyword

tool use

Description: Tool use is the use of external objects to achieve goals, studied in contexts such as human cognition, motor control, and neuroscience.

Primary topic: Primate Behavior and Ecology (24%)

Related topic: Primate Behavior and Ecology (24%)

Wikidata ID: wiki/Q141345506

OpenAlex ID: keywords/tool-use

Cultures in chimpanzees

1999 · A. Whiten, J. Goodall, et al. · Nature · 2,407

Cognition, evolution, and behavior

2010 · Shettleworth, Sara J. · Choice Reviews Online · 1,457

Cognition, Evolution, and Behavior

2009 · Sara J Shettleworth · 1,439

The cultural niche: Why social learning is essential for human adaptation

2011 · Robert Boyd, Peter J. Richerson, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1,301

Coding of modified body schema during tool use by macaque postcentral neurones

1996 · Atsushi lriki, Michio Tanaka, et al. · Neuroreport · 1,273

Postural Hand Synergies for Tool Use

1998 · Marco Santello, Martha Flanders, et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 1,216

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Tools for the body (schema)

2004 · Angelo Maravita, Atsushi Iriki · Trends in Cognitive Sciences · 1,213

Social intelligence, innovation, and enhanced brain size in primates

2002 · Simon M. Reader, Kevin N. Laland · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1,125

The central nervous system stabilizes unstable dynamics by learning optimal impedance

2001 · Etienne Burdet, Rieko Osu, et al. · Nature · 1,098

Toolformer: Language Models Can Teach Themselves to Use Tools

2023 · Timo Schick, Jane Dwivedi-Yu, et al. · neural information processing systems · 1,087

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The Chimpanzees of the Taï Forest

2000 · Christophe Boesch, Hedwige Boesch-Achermann · 1,079

Chimpanzee Material Culture

1992 · William C. McGrew · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 970

Causal knowledge and imitation/emulation switching in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and children (Homo sapiens)

2004 · Victoria Horner, Andrew Whiten · Animal Cognition · 954

Language, tools and brain: The ontogeny and phylogeny of hierarchically organized sequential behavior

1991 · Patricia M. Greenfield · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 890

Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are

2016 · Frans de Waal · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 873

Chimpanzee material culture: implications for human evolution

1993 · McGrew, W.C. · Choice Reviews Online · 848

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Evidence for stone-tool-assisted consumption of animal tissues before 3.39 million years ago at Dikika, Ethiopia

2010 · Shannon P. McPherron, Zeresenay Alemseged, et al. · Nature · 835

Learning Complex Dexterous Manipulation with Deep Reinforcement Learning and Demonstrations

2018 · Aravind Rajeswaran, Vikash Kumar, et al. · 819

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Tools, Language and Cognition in Human Evolution.

1994 · Bruno Latour, Kathleen R. Gibson, et al. · Man · 819

Conformity to cultural norms of tool use in chimpanzees

2005 · Andrew Whiten, Victoria Horner, et al. · Nature · 790

Life's Solution

2003 · Simon Conway Morris · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 768

The complete capuchin: the biology of the genus Cebus

2005 · Choice Reviews Online · 766

Human tooth wear, tooth function and cultural variability

1971 · Stephen Molnar · American Journal of Physical Anthropology · 746

When Far Becomes Near: Remapping of Space by Tool Use

2000 · Anna Berti, Francesca Frassinetti · Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience · 734

Primate Communication and the Gestural Origin of Language [and Comments and Reply]

1973 · Gordon W. Hewes, R. J. Andrew, et al. · Current Anthropology · 730

Works count: 11,270

Citation count: 210,800