Simultaneous Discrimination Learning in Pigeons: Value of S- Affects the Relative Value of Its Associated S+

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section B: Comparative and Physiological Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 363-378

  Clement, Tricia S ^a   Weaver, Janice E ^a   Sherburne, Lou M ^b   Zentall, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b WABASH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; PIGEONS AND DOVES;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLUMBIDAE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0032198969     PISSN: 02724995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713932684     Document Type: Article

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