Pigeons encode relative geometry

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 417-422

  Kelly, Debbie M ^a,b   Spetch, Marcia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; COLUMBIDAE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FORM PERCEPTION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035489288     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.27.4.417     Document Type: Article

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