Color vision discrimination in the capuchin monkey Cebus apella: Evidence for trichromaticity

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 285-288

  Pessoa, Valdir F ^a   Tavares, Maria Clotilde H ^a   Aguiar, Leticia ^a   Gomes, Úrsula R ^a   Tomaz, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Color vision; Discrimination learning; New World monkey; Trichromacy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; COLOR VISION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CEBUS; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0031422911     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)00079-X     Document Type: Article

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