Concurrent disjoint and reciprocal classification by Cebus apella in seriation tasks: Evidence for hierarchical organization

Animal Cognition

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 185-197

  McGonigle, Brendan ^a   Chalmers, Margaret ^a   Dickinson, Anthony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Cebus apella; Disjoint reciprocal classification; Hierarchical organization; Linear size seriation

Indexed keywords

CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ANIMALS; CEBUS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0142150254     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-003-0174-y     Document Type: Article

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