Carrion crows cannot overcome impulsive choice in a quantitative exchange task

The ability to control an immediate impulse for a future, more preferred outcome has long been thought to be a uniquely human feature. However, studies on non-human primates revealed that some monkeys and apes are capable of enduring delays to get a more preferred food and/or more food of the same k...

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Main Authors: Thomas eBugnyar, Claudia A.F. Wascher, Valerie eDufour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00118/full