Perceptual Strategies in the Estimation of Physical Quantities by Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 315-329

  Call, Josep ^a   Rochat, Philippe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; MALE; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SIZE PERCEPTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031302514     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.111.4.315     Document Type: Article

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