Age effects on transfer index performance and executive control in baboons (Papio papio)

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages

  Bonté, Elodie ^a,b   Kemp, Caralyn ^a,c   Fagot, Joël ^a,b,c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Aix Marseille University   (France)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cognitive flexibility; Evolution; Inhibition; Non human primate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897946521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00188     Document Type: Article

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