Tokens improve capuchin performance in the reverse-reward contingency task

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1707, 2011, Pages 849-854

  Addessi, Elsa ^a   Rossi, Sabrina ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cebus apella; Inhibition; Symbol; Token

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DIVERGENCE; FOOD QUALITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INHIBITION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRIMATE;

CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA; PAN; PRIMATES;

EID: 79952321137     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1602     Document Type: Conference Paper

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