Unconditional discrimination as a paradigm for investigating visual processing in the avian brainstem

Acta Biologica Hungarica

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-14

  Kabai, P ^a   Kovach, J K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b MENNINGER CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Decerebration; Japanese quail; Selected lines; Unconditional preferences; Visual discrimination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; COLOR VISION; COTURNIX; DECEREBRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TELENCEPHALON; VISION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; COLOR PERCEPTION; COTURNIX; DECEREBRATE STATE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TELENCEPHALON; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030632297     PISSN: 02365383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03543170     Document Type: Article

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