Mechanisms of Inferential Order Judgments in Humans (Homo sapiens) and Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 227-238

  Merritt, Dustin J ^a   Terrace, Herbert S ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute position; Distance effects; Relative position; Serial order; Transitive inference

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; RECALL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; SERIAL LEARNING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79957873789     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021572     Document Type: Article

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