Stimulus control topographies and tests of symmetry in pigeons

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 467-495

  Lionello DeNolf, Karen M ^a   Urcuioli, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Key peck; Matching to sample; Pigeons; Stimulus equivalence; Stimulus location; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; LEARNING; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0036833707     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2002.78-467     Document Type: Article

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