Natural concepts in a juvenile gorilla (gorilla gorilla gorilla) at three levels of abstraction

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 315-332

  Vonk, Jennifer ^b   MacDonald, Suzanne E ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gorilla; Levels of abstraction; Natural concepts; Touch screen

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GORILLA; LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0036833705     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2002.78-315     Document Type: Article

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