Implicit and Explicit Category Learning by Macaques (Macaca mulatta) and Humans (Homo sapiens)

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-65

  Smith, J David ^a   Beran, Michael J ^b   Crossley, Matthew J ^c   Boomer, Joseph ^a   Ashby, F Gregory ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

category learning; comparative cognition; implicit explicit cognition; primate cognition; rhesus monkeys

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MACACA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

HOMO SAPIENS; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 76849116665     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015892     Document Type: Article

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