Young chickens learn to localize the centre of a spatial environment

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 567-572

  Tommasi, L ^a   Vallortigara, G ^b   Zanforlin, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Birds; Chickens; Spatial cognition; Spatial learning; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; DEPTH PERCEPTION; MEMORY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CHICKENS; MEMORY; SPACE PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; ARENA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0031148652     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050073     Document Type: Article

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