Concurrent conditional discrimination tests of transitive inference by macaque monkeys: List linking

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 105-117

  Robert Treichler, F ^a   Van Tilburg, Debra ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MACACA; PROBLEM SOLVING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; PROBLEM SOLVING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029689512     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037//0097-7403.22.1.105     Document Type: Article

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