Liquid Conservation in Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) and Humans (Homo sapiens): Individual Differences and Perceptual Strategies

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 219-232

  Call, Josep ^a   Rochat, Philippe ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030238960     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.110.3.219     Document Type: Article

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