Confidence judgments by humans and rhesus monkeys

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 165-186

  Shields, Wendy E ^a   Smith, J David ^b   Guttmannova, Katarina ^a   Washburn, David A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal cognition; Cognitive monitoring; Confidence judgments; Metacognition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; MACACA; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); JUDGMENT; MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 18844462189     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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