New type of puzzle-task finger maze learning in Macaca fascicularis

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 261-270

  Tsuchida, Junko ^a   Kawasaki, Katsuyoshi ^b   Sankai, Tadashi ^c   Kubo, Namiko ^d   Terao, Keiji ^c   Koyama, Takamasa ^d   Makino, Junshiro ^e   Yoshikawa, Yasuhiro ^f  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^d JAPAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Finger maze; Learning; Macaca fascicularis; Puzzle feeder

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LEARNING; PRIMATE;

MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0037393432     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023040931101     Document Type: Article

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