Summation and numerousness judgments of sequentially presented sets of items by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 181-191

  Beran, Michael J ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PAN TROGLODYTES; SERIAL LEARNING;

EID: 85047682112     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.115.2.181     Document Type: Article

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