The ecology and evolution of patience in two New World monkeys

Biology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 223-226

  Stevens, Jeffrey R ^a   Hallinan, Elizabeth V ^a   Hauser, Marc D ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Impulsivity; Marmosets; Rate maximization; Tamarins; Temporal discounting

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING ECOLOGY; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; MARMOSET; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONTROL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREE;

ANIMALIA; CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; HEXAPODA; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES; SAGUINUS OEDIPUS;

EID: 25444470272     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0285     Document Type: Article

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