Generalization of 'same-different' classification abilities in bottlenosed dolphins

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 50, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 79-94

  Mercado III, Eduardo ^a   Killebrew, Deirdre A ^a   Pack, Adam A ^a   MácHa, Inés V B ^a   Herman, Louis M ^a  

^a Kewalo Basin Mar Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal; Cetacean; Cognition; Concept formation; Similarity

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DOLPHIN; LEARNING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOLPHIN; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0034680075     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(00)00100-5     Document Type: Article

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