The Psychological Organization of "Uncertainty" Responses and "Middle" Responses: A Dissociation in Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus apella)

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 371-381

  Beran, Michael J ^a   Smith, J David ^b   Coutinho, Mariana V C ^b   Couchman, Justin J ^b   Boomer, Joseph ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

capuchin monkeys; comparative cognition; metacognition; primate cognition; uncertainty monitoring

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; COLOR VISION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REINFORCEMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

ANIMALS; CEBUS; COLOR PERCEPTION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; UNCERTAINTY;

ANIMALIA; CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA; PRIMATES;

EID: 67650588164     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014626     Document Type: Article

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