Evidence for future cognition in animals

Learning and Motivation

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 169-180

  Roberts, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black capped chickadees; Future anticipation; Mental time travel; Non human primates; Planning; Rats; Scrub jays; Tayras

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867142216     PISSN: 00239690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lmot.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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