Endowment effect in capuchin monkeys

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1511, 2008, Pages 3837-3844

  Lakshminaryanan, Venkat ^a   Chen, M Keith ^a   Santos, Laurie R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capuchin monkey; Endowment effect; Token exchange

Indexed keywords

CEREAL; COGNITION; COMMON ANCESTRY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; TRADE-OFF;

CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA; PRIMATES;

EID: 57349109288     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0149     Document Type: Review

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