Prospective cognition in animals

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 314-324

  Raby, C R ^a   Clayton, N S ^a  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Episodic future thinking; Foresight; Prospection; Semantic future thinking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COGNITION; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; PREDICTION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; IMAGINATION; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 60449118146     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2008.12.005     Document Type: Review

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