Quantity judgments of auditory and visual stimuli by Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-29

  Beran, Michael J ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory stimuli; Chimpanzees; Empty sets; Numerical cognition; Quantity judgments

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; JUDGMENT; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84861147164     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024965     Document Type: Article

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