Rhesus monkeys' understanding of actions and goals

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-68

  Wood, Justin N ^a   Glynn, David D ^a   Hauser, Marc D ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS; MACACA; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; RHESUS MONKEY;

ANIMALS; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; GOALS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 39049130800     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470910701563442     Document Type: Article

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