Mechanisms of multidimensional grouping, fusion, and search in avian texture discrimination

Animal Learning and Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 150-167

  Cook, Robert G ^a   Cavoto, Kimberley K ^a   Cavoto, Brian R ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PIGEON; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA;

EID: 0029925435     PISSN: 00904996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03198963     Document Type: Article

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