How the Great Apes (Pan troglodytes, Pongo pygmaeus, Pan paniscus, Gorilla gorilla) Perform on the Reversed Reward Contingency Task II: Transfer to New Quantities, Long-Term Retention, and the Impact of Quantity Ratios

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 204-212

  Uher, Jana ^a,b   Call, Josep ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

inhibition; perseveration; quantity discrimination; relative numerousness; reversal learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GORILLA; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REWARD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTIVATION; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); REVERSAL LEARNING; REWARD; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 44449139089     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.122.2.204     Document Type: Article

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