Conditioning the pecking motions of pigeons

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 27-43

  Hörster, Wolfgang ^a   Krumm, Ernst ^a   Mohr, Christine ^a   Delius, Juan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ballistic motion; Fixed pattern; Instrumental conditioning; Movement speed; Pigeon pecking

Indexed keywords

BIRD;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BALLISTICS; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAIN; HEAD MOVEMENT; INDIVIDUALITY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; MOTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NECK; NONHUMAN; PECKING; PIGEON; POSITION; PUNISHMENT; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; REWARD; VELOCITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

COLUMBA;

EID: 0037188440     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(01)00208-X     Document Type: Article

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