Successful acquisition of an olfactory discrimination paradigm by spider monkeys, Ateles geoffroyi

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 321-329

  Laska, Matthias ^a   Salazar, Laura Teresa Hernandez ^b   Luna, Ernesto Rodriguez ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ateles geoffroyi; Behavioral testing; Odor learning; Olfactory performance; Spider monkeys

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RELIABILITY; REWARD;

EID: 0037310318     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(02)00976-9     Document Type: Article

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