Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) Relational Matching: Playing by Their Own (Analogical) Rules

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-215

  Flemming, Timothy M ^a   Kennedy, Erica Hoy ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analogical reasoning; Chimpanzee; Cognition.; Primate; Relational matching

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; LEARNING; PAN TROGLODYTES; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBOLISM;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONCEPT FORMATION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; PAN TROGLODYTES; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SIZE PERCEPTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 79957846851     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022098     Document Type: Article

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