Colour discrimination learning in black-handed tamarin (Saguinus midas niger)

Primates

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 413-418

  Pessoa, Daniel M A ^a   Araujo, Mariana F P ^a   Tomaz, Carlos ^a   Pessoa, Valdir F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Colour vision; Discrimination learning; Munsell colour chips; Saguinus midas niger; Tamarins

Indexed keywords

COLOR; LEARNING; PRIMATE; VISION;

ANIMAL; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; COLOR VISION TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLOR PERCEPTION TESTS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE; SAGUINUS;

ANIMALIA; ANTHROPOIDEA; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES; SAGUINUS; SAGUINUS IMPERATOR; SAGUINUS MIDAS NIGER;

EID: 0346392947     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-003-0052-x     Document Type: Article

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