Numerical subtraction in the pigeon: Evidence for a Linear Subjective Number Scale

Psychological Science

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 238-243

  Brannon, Elizabeth M ^b   Wusthoff, Courtney J ^c   Gallistel, C R ^a   Gibbon, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0035347915     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00342     Document Type: Article

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