Long-term retention of the differential values of Arabic numerals by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 86-92

  Beran, Michael J ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analogue magnitude estimation; Chimpanzees; Counting; Long term retention; Pan troglodytes

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; LANGUAGE; LONG TERM MEMORY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SEMANTICS; TIME;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; FEMALE; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL RECALL; PAN TROGLODYTES; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2942700026     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-003-0191-x     Document Type: Article

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