Representation of the numerosities 1-9 by rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-49

  Brannon, Elizabeth M ^a   Terrace, Herbert S ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; MACACA; MATHEMATICS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; MACACA MULATTA; MATHEMATICS; PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0033629949     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.26.1.31     Document Type: Article

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