Geometric rule learning by Clark's nutcrackers (Nucifraga columbiana)

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 439-453

  Kamil, Alan C ^a   Jones, Juli E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIRD; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HABITUATION; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034304676     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.26.4.439     Document Type: Article

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