An Obedient Orangutan (Pongo abelii) Performs Perfectly in Peripheral Object-Choice Tasks but Fails the Standard Centrally Presented Versions

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 112-115

  Mulcahy, Nicholas J ^a   Suddendorf, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central; Experimenter given cues; Eye contact communication; Obedient orangutan; Object choice task; Peripheral

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DECISION MAKING; MALE; ORANG UTAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CUES; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PONGO ABELII;

EID: 79952095610     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020905     Document Type: Article

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