A bottlenose dolphin discriminates visual stimuli differing in numerosity

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 133-142

  Kilian, Annette ^a,b   Yaman, Sevgi ^a,c   Von Fersen, Lorenzo ^b   Güntürkün, Onur ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Tiergarten Stadt Nürnberg   (Germany)

^c Marineland Mallorca   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DOLPHIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; ANIMAL; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL FUNCTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOLPHINS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL PROCESSES; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0042736298     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/bf03195976     Document Type: Article

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