A note on select- and reject-controlling relations in the simple discrimination of capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 295-302

  Goulart, Paulo R K ^a   Mendonça, Mariana B ^a   Barros, Romariz S ^a   Galvão, Olavo F ^a   McIlvane, William J ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blank comparison method; Cebus apella; Select and reject controlling relations; Simple discrimination; Touching

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; STIMULUS;

ANIMALS; CEBUS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOUCH;

ANIMALIA; CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA;

EID: 19344378346     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2004.12.005     Document Type: Article

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