A modified mark test for own-body recognition in pig-tailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 631-639

  Macellini, Sara ^a   Ferrari, Pier Francesco ^a   Bonini, Luca ^a   Fogassi, Leonardo ^a   Paukner, Annika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b NIH Animal Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Macaca nemestrina; Mark test; Mirror self recognition; Pigtail macaque

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; MACACA; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; SELF CONCEPT; VISION; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONCEPT FORMATION; CUES; FEMALE; MACACA; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

MACACA; MACACA NEMESTRINA; PRIMATES; SUIDAE;

EID: 77953913929     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-010-0313-1     Document Type: Article

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