Identity concept learning in matching-to-sample tasks by tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 835-848

  Truppa, Valentina ^a,b   Garofoli, Duilio ^c   Castorina, Giulia ^a   Mortari, Eva Piano ^c   Natale, Francesco ^a   Visalberghi, Elisabetta ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cebus apella; Identity concept; Matching to sample; Monkeys; Perceptual similarity; Relational learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEBUS; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMALS; CEBUS; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE;

CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA; PRIMATES;

EID: 77958491225     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-010-0332-y     Document Type: Article

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