Putting the elephant back in the herd: Elephant relative quantity judgments match those of other species

Animal Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 955-961

  Perdue, Bonnie M ^a,b   Talbot, Catherine F ^b   Stone, Adam M ^a   Beran, Michael J ^b  

^a ZOO ATLANTA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumulator model; Elephants; Object file model; Ratio effects; Relative quantity judgment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ELEPHANT; FEMALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELEPHANTS; FEMALE; JUDGMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 84865416605     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-012-0521-y     Document Type: Article

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