Taste responsiveness of black-handed Spider Monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) to ten substances tasting sweet to humans

Studies on taste perception in nonhuman primates contribute to the understanding of the evolution of the sense of taste. To assess the responsiveness of four adult spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) to a set of substances perceived as sweet by humans, two-bottle preference tests were performed to det...

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Main Author: Pereira, Sofia
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi 2020
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-170609