Beyond stimulus cues and reinforcement signals: A new approach to animal metacognition

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 356-368

  Couchman, Justin J ^a   Coutinho, Mariana V C ^a   Beran, Michael J ^b   Smith, J David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative psychology; Metacognition; Monkeys; Primate cognition; Uncertainty monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; HUMAN; LEARNING; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; REINFORCEMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; UNCERTAINTY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 78649697557     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020129     Document Type: Article

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