Expectations about numerical events in four lemur species (Eulemur fulvus, Eulemur mongoz, Lemur catta and Varecia rubra)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 253-262

  Santos, Laurie R ^a   Barnes, Jennifer L ^a   Mahajan, Neha ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Expectancy violation paradigm; Lemurs; Number representation; Prosimians

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROSIMIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LEMURIDAE; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

CITRUS LIMON; EULEMUR FULVUS; EULEMUR MONGOZ; LEMUR; LEMUR CATTA; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI; VARECIA;

EID: 26844523174     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-005-0252-4     Document Type: Article

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