Response of Cebus apella to foods flavored with familiar or novel odor

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 295-315

  Drapier, Maud ^a   Addessi, Elsa ^a,b   Visalberghi, Elisabetta ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cebus apella; Interest; Novelty; Odors; Social influences

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD PREFERENCE; ODOR; OLFACTORY CUE; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CEBIDAE; CEBUS APELLA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037393406     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023097116080     Document Type: Article

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