Testing for localized stimulus enhancement and object movement reenactment in pig-tailed macaques (Macaca, nemestrina) and young children (Homo sapiens)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 257-272

  Rigamonti, Marco M ^a,e   Previde, Emanuela Prato ^b   Custance, Deborah M ^c   Spiezio, Caterina ^d  

^a Centro di Primatologia HSR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d SISSA   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOIMAGING AND PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; INFANT; MACACA; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; MACACA NEMESTRINA; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 25644442325     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.119.3.257     Document Type: Article

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