Inhibitory control and response selection in problem solving: How cotton-top tamarins (saguinus oedipus) overcome a bias for selecting the larger quantity of food

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 78-89

  Kralik, Jerald D ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SAGUINUS;

EID: 15244363771     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.119.1.78     Document Type: Article

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