Representation of serial order: A comparative analysis of humans, monkeys, and pigeons

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 307-312

  Scarf, Damian ^a   Colombo, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

List representation; Serial order task; Social complexity hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; COGNITION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SPECIES COMPARISON; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SERIAL LEARNING;

EID: 43549101926     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2008.02.022     Document Type: Article

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