Rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatto) monitor uncertainty during numerosity judgments

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 111-119

  Reran, Michael J ^a   Smith, J David ^b   Redford, Joshua S ^b   Washburn, David A ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Macaco mulatta; Metacognition; Monkeys; Numerosity; Uncertainty monitoring

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; MACACA; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNCERTAINTY;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; JUDGMENT; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; UNCERTAINTY;

MACACA; MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 33744762422     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.32.2.111     Document Type: Article

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