Can squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) learn self-control? A study using food array selection tests and reverse-reward contingency

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 87-97

  Anderson, James R ^a   Awazu, Shunji ^b   Fujita, Kazuo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; IMPULSIVENESS; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REWARD;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; REWARD; SAIMIRI;

EID: 0033628751     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.26.1.87     Document Type: Article

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