Knowledge of the Ordinal Position of List Items in Rhesus Monkeys

Psychological Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 80-86

  Chen, Shaofu ^b   Swartz, Karyl B ^b   Terrace, H S ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 0004387664     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.1997.tb00687.x     Document Type: Article

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