Inherently analog quantity representations in olive baboons (Papio anubis)

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  Barnard, Allison M ^a   Hughes, Kelly D ^a   Gerhardt, Regina R ^a   DiVincenti, Louis ^a   Bovee, Jenna M ^b   Cantlon, Jessica F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b Seneca Park Zoo   (United States)

Author keywords

Analog magnitude; Baboons; Numerosity; Object file; Primates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878915197     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00253     Document Type: Article

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