Categorization of biologically significant objects, food and gender, in rhesus monkeys. I. Behavioral study

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 70-78

  Inoue, Takao ^a   Hasegawa, Takeshi ^a   Takara, Sayuki ^a   Lukáts, Balázs ^a   Mizuno, Masaharu ^a   Aou, Shuji ^a  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biologically relevant category; Category recognition; Learning; Macaca mulatta; Operant conditioning; Visual discrimination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD; GENDER; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RHESUS MONKEY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLOR PERCEPTION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FOOD; FORM PERCEPTION; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 41949129687     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2008.01.013     Document Type: Article

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