Ordinal representation of numeric quantities by brown capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-94

  Judge, Peter G ^a   Evans, Theodore A ^a   Vyas, Dhaval K ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; CEBUS; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SERIAL LEARNING; SIZE PERCEPTION;

CEBIDAE; CEBUS APELLA; CERCOPITHECIDAE; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 12944291340     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.31.1.79     Document Type: Article

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