Asymmetry of attentional set in rhesus monkeys learning colour and shape discriminations

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-8

  Baxter, Mark G ^a   Gaffan, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; LEARNING; MACACA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FORM PERCEPTION; LEARNING; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33845453433     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210600971485     Document Type: Article

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