Effects of trait anxiety on performance of socially housed monkeys in a learning test

Behaviour

Volumn 142, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1269-1287

  Toxopeus, Ido B ^a,b   Sterck, Elisabeth H M ^b   Van Hooff, Jan A R A M ^b   Spruijt, Berry M ^b   Heeren, Thea J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Cognition; Monkeys; Social group; Trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 33748945737     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853905774539373     Document Type: Article

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