Memory-based same-different conceptualization by pigeons

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 552-558

  Young, Michael E ^a   Wasserman, Edward A ^a,b   Dalrymple, Rhonda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b E11 SSH   (United States)

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EID: 0001214945     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03214348     Document Type: Article

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