Display variability and spatial organization as contributors to the pigeon's discrimination of complex visual stimuli

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 133-143

  Wasserman, Edward A ^a,b   Young, Michael E ^a,b   Nolan, Brian C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; RANDOMIZATION; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; COLUMBIDAE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034168492     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.26.2.133     Document Type: Article

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