Symbolic representation by pigeons

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 118-123

  Zentall, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animals; Coding; Equivalence; Symbolic representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034348698     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00074     Document Type: Article

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