Development of a single-code/default coding strategy in pigeons

Psychological Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 261-264

  Clement, Tricia S ^b   Zentall, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; COLUMBIDAE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0034189809     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00252     Document Type: Article

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