Learning how to "make a deal": Human (Homo sapiens) and monkey (Macaca mulatta) performance when repeatedly faced with the monty hall dilemma

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 103-108

  Klein, Emily D ^a   Evans, Theodore A ^a   Schultz, Natasha B ^a   Beran, Michael J ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Macaca mulatta; Monty hall dilemma; Probability game; Rhesus monkeys

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RHESUS MONKEY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBABILITY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880981669     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029057     Document Type: Article

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