Starlings can categorize symmetry differences in dot displays

American Naturalist

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 300-307

  Swaddle, J P ^a   Pruett Jones, S ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluctuating asymmetry; Operant learning; Perception; Signals; Sturnus vulgaris; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; PERCEPTION; VISUAL CUE;

COLUMBA LIVIA; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0034844351     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/321323     Document Type: Article

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