Can Black-and-White Ruffed Lemurs (Varecia variegata) Solve Object Permanence Tasks?

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 376-386

  Mallavarapu, Suma ^a   Perdue, Bonnie M ^b   Stoinski, Tara S ^c   Maple, Terry L ^d  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ZOO ATLANTA   (United States)

^d FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black and white ruffed lemurs; Invisible displacements; Object permanence; Visible displacements

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BAIT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; LEMURIDAE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ANIMALS; AWARENESS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; LEMURIDAE; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ATLANTA; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

LEMURIDAE; VARECIA VARIEGATA;

EID: 84874189730     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22118     Document Type: Article

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