Relative quantity judgments in South American sea lions (Otaria flavescens)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 695-706

  Abramson, José Z ^a   Hernández Lloreda, Victoria ^a   Call, Josep ^b   Colmenares, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accumulator model; Comparative cognition; Numerical cognition; Relative quantity judgment; Sea lion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; SEAL;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; SEA LIONS;

HAPLORHINI; OTARIA BYRONIA; OTARIIDAE;

EID: 80052050401     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-011-0404-7     Document Type: Article

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