Object permanence in adult common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus): Not everything is an "A-not-B" error that seems to be one

Animal Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-105

  Kis, Anna ^a   Gácsi, Márta ^a   Range, Friederike ^b   Virányi, Zsófia ^b,c  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND COGNITION RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

"A not B" error; Attention; Behavioural flexibility; Common marmoset; Motivation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CALLITHRIX; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CALLITHRIX; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CALLITHRIX; CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; CALLITRICHIDAE; HAPLORHINI; PRIMATES;

EID: 84855250804     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-011-0436-z     Document Type: Article

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