Testing brown lemurs (Eulemur fulvus) on the reverse-reward contingency task without a modified procedure

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 133-137

  Genty, Emilie ^a   Chung, Paul Chu Sin ^b,c   Roeder, Jean Jacques ^b,c  

^a Centre de Primatologie UDS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c UDS CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Lemurs; Reverse reward contingency; Self control

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CORRECTION; FOOD SELECTION; PARADIGM SHIFT; PRIMATE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CERCOCEBUS; FEMALE; FOOD; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; REWARD; RHESUS MONKEY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEMUR; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REVERSAL LEARNING; REWARD;

ANIMALIA; EULEMUR FULVUS; LEMURIDAE; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 78650510233     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2010.10.006     Document Type: Article

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