Visual search for natural grains in pigeons (columba livid): Search images and selective attention

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 139-151

  Langley, Cynthia M ^a   Riley, Donald A ^a   Bond, Alan B ^a   Goel, Namni ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; COLUMBIDAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030118909     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.22.2.139     Document Type: Article

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