Chimpanzee responding during matching to sample: Control by exclusion

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 497-508

  Beran, Michael J ^a   Washburn, David A ^b  

^a Language Research Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Conditional discrimination; Exclusion; Joystick movement; Matching to sample

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE; ORIENTATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0036835971     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2002.78-497     Document Type: Article

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