Tool Use Behavior

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"Tool Use Behavior" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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Modifying, carrying, or manipulating an item external to itself by an animal, before using it to effect a change on the environment or itself (from Beck, Animal Tool Behavior, 1980).

Descriptor ID	D053001
MeSH Number(s)	F01.145.113.840
Concept/Terms	Tool Use Behavior Tool Use Behavior Behavior, Tool Use Behaviors, Tool Use Tool Use Behaviors

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Tool Use Behavior".

Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]
Behavior [F01.145]
Behavior, Animal [F01.145.113]
Tool Use Behavior [F01.145.113.840]

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