A shared system of representation governing quantity discrimination in canids

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue OCT, 2012, Pages

  Baker, Joseph M ^a   Morath, Justice ^a   Rodzon, Katrina S ^a   Jordan, Kerry E ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canid; Quantity discrimination; Weber's law

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870930501     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00387     Document Type: Article

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