Categorization of alphanumeric characters by Guinea baboons: Within- and between-class stimulus discrimination

Cahiers de Psychologie Cognitive

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 449-462

  Vauclair, Jacques ^a   Fagot, Joël ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Baboons; Categorization; Matching to sample; Videotask

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004280317     PISSN: 02499185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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