Long-tailed macaques display unexpected waiting abilities in exchange tasks

Animal Cognition

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 263-271

  Pelé, Marie ^a   Dufour, Valérie ^a,b   Micheletta, Jérôme ^a   Thierry, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Delay of gratification; Economics; Exchange; Macaca fascicularis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MACACA; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REWARD; TIME;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; REWARD; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS;

EID: 77349095248     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-009-0264-6     Document Type: Article

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