Can memory requirements account for species' differences in invisible displacement tasks?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 168-176

  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 UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MACACA; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MEMORY; PONGO PYGMAEUS;

EID: 0033113073     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.25.2.168     Document Type: Article

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