Delay choice versus delay maintenance: Different measures of delayed gratification in capuchin monkeys (cebus apella)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 392-398

  Addessi, Elsa ^a   Paglieri, Fabio ^a   Beran, Michael J ^b   Evans, Theodore A ^b   Macchitella, Luigi ^c   De Petrillo, Francesca ^c   Focaroli, Valentina ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capuchin monkeys; Cebus apella; Delay maintenance; Delay of gratification; Intertemporal choice

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CEBUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REWARD; STANDARD; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEBUS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REWARD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84886751845     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031869     Document Type: Article

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