Behavioral evidence for working memory of sensory dimension in macaque monkeys

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 415-426

  Mansouri, Farshad A ^a,b   Tanaka, Keiji ^a,b  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abstract rule; Behavior; Monkey; Selective attention; WCST; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; FEMALE; LANGUAGE; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; MACACA; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0037112069     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(02)00182-1     Document Type: Article

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