Capuchin cognitive ecology: Cooperation based on projected returns

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 221-228

  De Waal, Frans B M ^a   Davis, Jason M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capuchin monkeys; Cooperation; Ecology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; KIN SELECTION; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; PREDICTION; SYMBIOSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CEBUS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEMALE; MALE; MOTIVATION; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0037210602     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(02)00152-5     Document Type: Article

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