Representational format determines numerical competence in monkeys

Nature Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Schmitt, Vanessa ^a,b   Fischer, Julia ^a,b  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FOOD; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; ANIMAL; COGNITION; MACACA FASCICULARIS; PAPIO ANUBIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REWARD;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; MACACA FASCICULARIS; PAPIO ANUBIS; REWARD;

EID: 79953249231     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1262     Document Type: Article

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