Expertise acquisition as sustained learning in humans and other animals: Commonalities across species

Animal Cognition

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-107

  Helton, William S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative; Life span; Skill acquisition

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CHARADRIIFORMES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEES; CHARADRIIFORMES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; HAEMATOPODIDAE; HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS; HOMO SAPIENS; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 36749088023     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-007-0093-4     Document Type: Article

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