Category learning in rhesus monkeys: A study of the Shepard, Hovland, and Jenkins (1961) tasks

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 398-414

  Smith, J David ^a,d   Minda, John Paul ^b   Washbum, David A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; LEARNING; LOGIC; MACACA; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COGNITION; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; LOGIC; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4444259622     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.133.3.398     Document Type: Review

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