Delay Maintenance in Tonkean Macaques (Macaca tonkeana) and Brown Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus apella)

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 149-166

  Pelé, Marie ^a,b   Micheletta, Jérôme ^a,b   Uhlrich, Pierre ^a,b   Thierry, Bernard ^a,b   Dufour, Valérie ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Decision making; Delay of gratification; Economics; Exchange; Primates

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PRIMATE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA; MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACACA TONKEANA; PRIMATES;

EID: 79251604406     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-010-9446-y     Document Type: Article

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