Executive function in young children and chimpanzees (pan troglodytes): Evidence from a nonverbal dimensional change card sort task

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 252-265

  Moriguchi, Yusuke ^a   Tanaka, Masayuki ^b   Itakura, Shoji ^b  

^a JOETSU UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

chimpanzee; comparative cognition; DCCS; executive function; human children

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PAN TROGLODYTES; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REVERSAL LEARNING; SIZE PERCEPTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79960951510     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: 19400896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221325.2010.534828     Document Type: Article

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