Rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) spontaneously generalize to novel quantities in a reverse-reward contingency task

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 255-262

  Kralik, Jerald D ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstraction; Number; Reverse reward contingency; Rhesus monkeys; Rule generalization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; REWARD; RHESUS MONKEY;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GENERALIZATION, RESPONSE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; REACTION TIME; REWARD;

EID: 84872678742     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026019     Document Type: Article

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