Relational spatial reasoning by a nonhuman: The example of capuchin monkeys

Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 282-306

  Fragaszy, Dorothy M ^a,c   Cummins Sebree, Sarah E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cebus apella; Cognition; Problem solving; Spatial reasoning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CAPUCHIN MONKEY; COGNITION; COORDINATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DEVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PLANNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; REVIEW; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR; CEBIDAE; CHILD; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CEBUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTOR SKILLS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33744483559     PISSN: 15345823     EISSN: 15524159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534582306286573     Document Type: Review

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