Video-task acquisition in rhesus monkeys (Macaco mulatto) and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): A comparative analysis

Primates

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 197-206

  Hopkins, William D ^a,b   Washburn, David A ^c   Hyatt, Charles W ^a,d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Union Institute

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Joystick; Learning; Rhesus; Video

Indexed keywords

MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES; TROGLODYTES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; LEARNING; MACACA; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NASA DISCIPLINE SPACE HUMAN FACTORS; NON-NASA CENTER; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECREATION; REINFORCEMENT;

NASA DISCIPLINE SPACE HUMAN FACTORS; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; LEARNING; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 0030112031     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02381407     Document Type: Review

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