Do monkeys choose to choose?

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 164-175

  Perdue, Bonnie M ^a   Evans, Theodore A ^b   Washburn, David A ^b   Rumbaugh, Duane M ^b   Beran, Michael J ^b  

^a AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capuchin monkey; Choice; Rhesus macaques; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CEBUS; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REINFORCEMENT; RHESUS MONKEY;

ANIMALS; CEBUS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84901612548     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: 15434508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13420-014-0135-0     Document Type: Article

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