Serial list combination by monkeys (Macaca mulatta): Test cues and linking

Animal Cognition

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 121-131

  Treichler, F Robert ^a   Raghanti, Mary Ann ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

List linking; Macaques; Serial memory; Transitivity

Indexed keywords

MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 72449181335     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-009-0251-y     Document Type: Article

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