Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) Respond to Nonvisible Sets After One-by-One Addition and Removal of Items

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-36

  Beran, Michael J ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PAN TROGLODYTES; REACTION TIME; TIME; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; FEMALE; JUDGMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PAN TROGLODYTES; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 1842529855     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.118.1.25     Document Type: Article

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