How capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) behaviorally cope with increasing delay in a self-control task

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 100, Issue , 2013, Pages 146-152

  Ventricelli, Marialba ^a,b   Focaroli, Valentina ^a,b   De Petrillo, Francesca ^a,b   Macchitella, Luigi ^a,c   Paglieri, Fabio ^a   Addessi, Elsa ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Etologia Psicobiologia Umana   (Italy)

Author keywords

Displacement activities; Handedness; Response latency; Scratching; Self control; Self directed behavior

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COGNITION; HANDEDNESS; PRIMATE;

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEBUS APELLA; COGNITIVE BIAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DISPLACEMENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HABITUATION; IMPULSIVENESS; LATENT PERIOD; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SCRATCHING; SELF CONTROL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA; PAN; PRIMATES;

DISPLACEMENT ACTIVITIES; HANDEDNESS; RESPONSE LATENCY; SCRATCHING; SELF-CONTROL; SELF-DIRECTED BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEBUS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84885041389     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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