The serial organisation of behaviour by non-human primates; An evaluation of experimental paradigms

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 1-17

  De Lillo, Carlo ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

primates; search; serial learning; serial order; transitive inference

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030297030     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(96)00019-8     Document Type: Article

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