Animal expertise, conscious or not

Animal Cognition

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 67-74

  Helton, William S ^a  

^a WILMINGTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Deliberate practice; Expertise; Skill acquisition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; LEARNING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; LEARNING; MOTOR SKILLS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY);

ANIMALIA;

EID: 18244372669     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-004-0234-y     Document Type: Review

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