Metamemory as evidence of animal consciousness: The type that does the trick

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-110

  Shea, Nicholas ^a,b   Heyes, Cecilia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SOMERVILLE COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c ALL SOULS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access consciousness; Animal consciousness; Global availability; Higher order theories of consciousness; Meta representation; Metamemory; Phenomenal consciousness

Indexed keywords

MEMORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 75849138282     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-009-9171-0     Document Type: Article

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