Relative numerousness judgment and summation in young and old Western lowland gorillas

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 285-295

  Anderson, Ursula S ^a   Stoinski, Tara S ^a   Marr, Marcus J ^a   Smith, Anderson D ^a   Bloomsmith, Mollie A ^a,b   Maple, Terry L ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GORILLA; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME;

AGING; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; JUDGMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOTIVATION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME;

EID: 25644447996     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.119.3.285     Document Type: Article

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