Colour versus quantity as cues in reverse-reward-competent squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus)

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 673-680

  Anderson, James R ^a   Awazu, Shunji ^b   Fujita, Kazuo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cues; Discrimination; Individual differences; Learning; Reverse reward; Squirrel monkey

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CEBIDAE; COGNITION; COLOR VISION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; REWARD;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; REWARD; SAIMIRI;

EID: 67651061481     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210802215186     Document Type: Article

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