Object Permanence in Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) and Squirrel Monkeys (Saimiri sciureus)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 137-152

  De Blois, Sandra T ^a,c   Novak, Melinda A ^a   Bond, Melanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CEBIDAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SAIMIRI; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032084737     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.112.2.137     Document Type: Article

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