Visual categorization of natural and abstract items in forest monkeys and humans

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 51-64

  Deputte, Bertrand L ^a   Pelletier, Sandrine ^a   Barbe, Stéphane ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Categorization; Discrimination; Forest monkeys; Humans; Visual stimulus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CERCOCEBUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAWING; FOOD; FOREST; MACACA; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

LOPHOCEBUS ALBIGENA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0035854105     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(01)00159-0     Document Type: Article

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