In search of King Solomon's Ring: Cognitive and communicative studies of Grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus)

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 54-67

  Pepperberg, Irene M ^a,b  

^a MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Cognition; Communication; Grey parrots

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARROT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPEECH;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CUES; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARROTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AVES; ERITHACUS; PRIMATES; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACUS ERITHACUS;

EID: 0036318535     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000063733     Document Type: Conference Paper

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