Spontaneous number representation in semi-free-ranging rhesus monkeys

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1445, 2000, Pages 829-833

  Hauser, Marc D ^a   Carey, Susan ^b   Hauser, Lilan B ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant; Language; Number representation; Primates; Rhesus monkeys

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ANIMALIA; MACACA MULATTA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0034701439     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1078     Document Type: Article

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