Judgments of ordinality and summation of number symbols by squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus)

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 325-339

  Olthof, Anneke ^a   Iden, Caron M ^a,b   Roberts, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; APTITUDE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SAIMIRI;

EID: 0031179297     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.23.3.325     Document Type: Article

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