The inability to use tools refers traditionally to ideational apraxia. It is known that this neuropsychological syndrome affects everyday life, yet it is usually underdiagnosed. Therefore, the inability to use tools remains a field of research that must be investigated among various populations. The concept of ideational apraxia faces to the lack of a specific theoretical framework although various distinct cognitive processes such as semantic memory, executive planning or mechanical reasoning have been shown to support tool use. Furthermore, some works in comparative psychologysuggest that tool use is a specificity of human activity and supported by causal mechanisms based on the structural or functional relation between objects. In this w...