Are monkeys aesthetists? Rensch (1957) revisited

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-78

  Anderson, James R ^a   Leighty, Katherine A ^b   Kuwahata, Hiroko ^c   Kuroshima, Hika ^c   Fujita, Kazuo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; DECISION MAKING; ESTHETICS; FACE; FEMALE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; CEBUS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ESTHETICS; FACE; FEMALE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SAIMIRI;

CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA; SAIMIRI SCIUREUS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 12944276917     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.31.1.71     Document Type: Article

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