Conceptual thresholds for same and different in old-(Macaca mulatta) and new-world (Cebus apella) monkeys

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 316-322

  Flemming, Timothy M ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstract concept; Cebus apella; Concept learning; Macaca mulatta; Monkey; Same different

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIRD; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENTROPY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEARNING; PRIMATE; THRESHOLD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA; COLUMBA LIVIA; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ENTROPY; FEMALE; LEARNING TEST; MACACA MULATTA; MENTAL TASK; NONHUMAN; PAPIO PAPIO; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PIGEON; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CEBUS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; JUDGMENT; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA; CERCOPITHECIDAE; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; MACACA MULATTA; PAPIO; PAPIO PAPIO; PRIMATES;

EID: 79952600378     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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