Spontaneous representations of small numbers of objects by rhesus macaques: Examinations of content and format

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 367-401

  Hauser, Marc D ^a   Carey, Susan ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EVOLUTION; LEARNING; MACACA; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EVOLUTION; MACACA MULATTA; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PROBLEM SOLVING; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0038009251     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-0285(03)00050-1     Document Type: Article

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