Endowment Effects in Chimpanzees

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 1704-1707

  Brosnan, Sarah F ^a,b   Jones, Owen D ^c,d   Lambeth, Susan P ^b   Mareno, Mary Catherine ^b   Richardson, Amanda S ^b   Schapiro, Steven J ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ANIMBEHAV

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FOOD; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; REWARD;

ANIMALS; DECISION MAKING; FOOD; HUMANS; OWNERSHIP; PAN TROGLODYTES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REWARD;

PAN;

EID: 34848881967     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.08.059     Document Type: Article

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