Spontaneous representation of number in cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 248-257

  Uller, Claudia ^a   Hauser, Marc ^b   Carey, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; COGNITION; MATHEMATICS; REACTION TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; MATHEMATICS; REACTION TIME; SAGUINUS;

EID: 85047685479     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.115.3.248     Document Type: Article

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