Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) can wait, when they choose to: A study with the hybrid delay task

Animal Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 197-205

  Beran, Michael J ^a   Evans, Theodore A ^a   Paglieri, Fabio ^b   McIntyre, Joseph M ^c   Addessi, Elsa ^b   Hopkins, William D ^a,c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Delay of gratification; Hybrid delay task; Inter temporal choice; Pan troglodytes; Self control

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CEBUS; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; REWARD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84893806159     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-013-0652-9     Document Type: Article

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