The effects of hippocampal lesions in homing pigeons on a one-trial food association task

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

Volumn 185, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 583-590

  Strasser, R ^a,b   Bingman, V P ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Avian; Hippocampus; Memory; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REACTION TIME;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLUMBIDAE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY; REACTION TIME; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA; HIPPOCAMPUS HIPPOCAMPUS;

EID: 0033400132     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050419     Document Type: Article

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