Age change in learning ability of Japanese monkeys (Macaca Fuscata) measured by the transfer index

Psychological Reports

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 467-473

  Kinoshita, Masanari ^a   Ohta, Hirohiko ^b   Matano, Shozo ^b  

^a Shigakukan University   (Japan)

^b NONE

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EID: 0347172737     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1997.80.2.467     Document Type: Article

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