Capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) use positive, but not negative, auditory cues to infer food location

Animal Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-55

  Heimbauer, Lisa A ^a   Antworth, Rebecca L ^a   Owren, Michael J ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory cues; Inferential reasoning; Positive versus negative cues; Visual cues

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CEBUS; FEMALE; HEARING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REWARD; VISION;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CEBUS; CUES; FEMALE; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; REWARD; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA; HAPLORHINI; PRIMATES;

EID: 84855235612     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-011-0430-5     Document Type: Article

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