Numerical Judgments by Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in a Token Economy

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 165-174

  Beran, Michael J ^a   Evans, Theodore A ^a   Hoyle, Daniel ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Numerousness judgments; Pan troglodytes; Quantity comparison; Tokens

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; JUDGMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAN TROGLODYTES; TOKEN ECONOMY;

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 79955625904     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021472     Document Type: Article

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