Transfer of the nonmatch-to-goal rule in monkeys across cognitive domains

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Falcone, Rossella ^a   Bevacqua, Sara ^a   Cerasti, Erika ^a   Brunamonti, Emiliano ^a   Cervelloni, Milena ^a   Genovesio, Aldo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; RHESUS MONKEY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FORM PERCEPTION; GOALS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84896698981     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084100     Document Type: Article

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