Evidence of Metacognitive Control by Humans and Monkeys in a Perceptual Categorization Task

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 248-254

  Redford, Joshua S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

categorization; dot distortions; metacognition; Rhesus macaques

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MACACA; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGY, COMPARATIVE;

EID: 74049128911     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017809     Document Type: Article

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