Prosimian primates show ratio dependence in spontaneous quantity discriminations

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue DEC, 2012, Pages

  Jones, Sarah M ^a,b   Brannon, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST NORBERT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Non human primates; Numerical cognition; Numerosity; Object file; Prosimians; Quantity discrimination; Ratio dependence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874568944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00550     Document Type: Article

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