Spontaneous use of magnitude discrimination and ordination by the orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 385-391

  Shumaker, Robert W ^a,b   Beck, Benjamin B ^c   Palkovich, Ann M ^c   Guagnano, Gregory A ^c   Morowitz, Harold ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study   (United States)

^c National Zoological Park ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHROPOIDEA; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 0040331687     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.115.4.385     Document Type: Article

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