Levels of Abstraction in Orangutan (Pongo abelii) Categorization

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-13

  Vonk, Jennifer ^a,b   MacDonald, Suzanne E ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MALE; PRIMATE; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MALE; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 1842529871     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.118.1.3     Document Type: Article

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