Response Strategies in List Learning by Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus × P. abelii)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 260-269

  Swartz, Karyl B ^a,b,c   Himmanen, Sharon A ^b   Shumaker, Robert W ^c,d  

^a Great Ape Trust of Iowa   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ape; list memory; orangutan; Pongo; strategy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; LEARNING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; RECOGNITION;

ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PONGO PYGMAEUS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SERIAL LEARNING;

EID: 34548812308     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.121.3.260     Document Type: Article

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