Evidence for kind representations in the absence of language: Experiments with rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

Cognition

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 455-463

  Phillips, Webb ^a   Santos, Laurie R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Individuation; Kind representation; Monkey

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; HYPOTHESIS; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LANGUAGE; NONHUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MACACA MULATTA; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33846189370     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2006.01.009     Document Type: Article

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