Development of Skilled Detection and Extraction of Embedded Prey by Wild Brown Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus apella apella)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 194-204

  Gunst, Noëlle ^a   Boinski, Sue ^b   Fragaszy, Dorothy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cebus apella apella; Detection techniques; Extractive foraging; Ontogeny; Searching and handling components

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEBUS; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77954813632     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017723     Document Type: Article

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