Experimental field study of spatial memory and learning in wild capuchin monkeys (cebus capucinus)

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 68, Issue 3-5, 1997, Pages 236-253

  Garber, P A ^a   Paciulli, L M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Costa Rica; Feeding ecology; Foraging decisions

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; COSTA RICA; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITUATION; LEARNING; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CEBUS; COSTA RICA; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; LEARNING; MEMORY; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 1542394714     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000157250     Document Type: Article

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