Humans and monkeys show similar skill in estimating uncertain outcomes

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 357-362

  Beran, Michael J ^a   Owens, Katharine ^a   Phillips, Holly A ^a   Evans, Theodore A ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal cognition; Decision making; Estimation; Humans; Monkeys; Quantity judgment; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858379307     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-012-0218-x     Document Type: Article

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