Monkey see, monkey plan, monkey do: The end-state comfort effect in cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus)

Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1063-1068

  Weiss, Daniel J ^a,b   Wark, Jason D ^a   Rosenbaum, David A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 643 Moore Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; MALE; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SAGUINUS;

EID: 36348984058     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.02026.x     Document Type: Article

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