Learning and personality types are related in cavies (cavia aperea)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 74-81

  Guenther, Anja ^a   Brust, Vera ^a   Dersen, Mona ^a   Trillmich, Fritz ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal personalities; Cognition; Cognitive types; Speed accuracy trade off

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITION; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MALE; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MALE; PERSONALITY;

EID: 84894062538     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033678     Document Type: Article

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