Size matters: Impact of item size and quantity on array choice by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 106-110

  Boysen, Sarah T ^a   Berntson, Gary G ^b   Mukobi, Kimberly L ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REWARD;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; JUDGMENT; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; REWARD; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 85047683183     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.115.1.106     Document Type: Article

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