Simultaneous visual discrimination in Asian elephants

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-29

  Nissani, Moti ^a   Hoefler Nissani, Donna ^b   Lay, Utin ^b   Htun, Uwan ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Age effect; Asian elephants; Box removal; Cognition; Lid removal; Simultaneous visual discrimination; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

EID: 14544270254     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2005.34-04     Document Type: Article

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