With his memory magnetically erased, a monkey knows he is uncertain

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 160-162

  Washburn, David A ^a   Gulledge, Jonathan P ^b   Beran, Michael J ^a   Smith, J David ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wall College of Business   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Metacognition; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; MEMORY; NEUROLOGY; PRIMATE; SPATIAL COGNITION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VISUAL CUE;

MACACA; MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 77951461864     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0737     Document Type: Article

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